BlockCarracas, Colorado
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Arboles census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81147. It lies near Tio Quinto Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Carracas quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 23 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1924 USGS Pagosa Springs quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1927 USGS Pagosa Springs quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1945 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Carracas quadrangle1:24000, 7 printings
- 1954 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Durango quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
119 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 119 fires within 5 miles of Carracas between 1992 and 2020, burning about 243 acres in total. 116 started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 116 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Ute Agency | 241 |
| 27 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Carson National Forest | CARRACAS |
| 17 September 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Jicarilla Agency | NO WATER |
| 14 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Ute Agency | PAGOSA JNC |
| 1 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Ute Agency | PAGOSA JUNCTION |
| 7 August 1998 | Natural | 24 acres | Jicarilla Agency | TEE QUEE |
| 5 August 2011 | Natural | 1.6 acres | Jicarilla Agency | CONEJO |
| 5 August 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Carson National Forest | FRIJOLES |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pagosa Junction | 3.9 miles | 22 | |
| Gato | 4.3 miles | 22 | |
| Juanita | 5.9 miles | 22 | |
| Arboles | 8.7 miles | 23 | |
| Kearns | 10.1 miles | 21 | |
| Stollsteimer | 10.7 miles | 17 | |
| Lonetree | 12.1 miles | 21 | |
| Altura | 12.8 miles | 21 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q141203103 | The 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 184515. 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.