BlockCarrizo Springs, Colorado
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Pritchett census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81064. The Survey maps it on the Carrizo Mountain quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1892 USGS Mount Carrizo quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Mt Carrizo quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1955 USGS La Junta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS La Junta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS La Junta quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Carrizo Mountain quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Kim quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Carrizo Mountain quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
6 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Carrizo Springs between 1995 and 2019, burning about 1,476 acres in total. 3 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 | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2003 | Natural | 150 acres | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | BRUSHY CANYON |
| 3 August 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | CARRIZO CREEK |
| 4 April 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1,050 acres | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | TATER BUTTE |
| 24 April 2000 | Natural | 15 acres | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | READER LAKE |
| 19 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 250 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | PRITCHETT |
| 7 November 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Las Animas County | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Carrizo Springs: 1 occurrence, 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Copper, Silver. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Gold, Copper, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Copper Mine | Copper | Past Producer | Chalcocite | |
| Unnamed Copper Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | Chalcocite |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 196253. 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.