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Carr, Colorado

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Ault census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80612. The Survey maps it on the Carr East quadrangle. It stands 5,712 feet above sea level.

Carr within Weld County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

21 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Carr between 1993 and 2018, burning about 212 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Arson/incendiarism4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning2
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
25 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresNunn Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
22 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
3 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
4 July 1994Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresWeld Countynot named
3 July 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
27 July 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
20 June 1993Smokingunder an acreWeld Countynot named
8 May 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWeld Countynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Weld County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Carr: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Weld County

Storms near this place

16 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carr in 16 storm reports between 1996 and 2020: 15 hail, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2000HailCarr-Hail, piled six inches deep in spots, fell along Interstate 25 near Carr. Several minor accidents were reported as the roadway became slick and packed with ice. Snowplows had to be called out to clear the hail off the interstate.
July 1998Tornado (F0)Carr-A small landspout touched down briefly but did no damage.
August 1997HailCarr-Damaging wind and hail combined to break several windows of a home.
August 2020HailCarr-no account filed
July 2019HailCarr-no account filed
July 2019HailCarr-no account filed
July 2016HailCarr-no account filed
July 2016HailCarr-no account filed
June 2014HailCarr-no account filed
April 2005HailCarr-no account filed
May 2004HailCarr-no account filed
May 2004HailCarr-no account filed
May 1998HailCarr-no account filed
July 1996HailCarr-no account filed
July 1996HailCarr-no account filed
July 1996HailCarr-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Weld County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Rockport4.2 miles18
Warren4.5 miles17
Dover8.7 miles17
Nunn14.2 miles15
Pierce19.1 miles15
Stage20.8 miles18
Ault22.9 miles18
Purcell22.9 miles16

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on CarrAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5045954The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 169533. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.