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Casa, Colorado

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Timpas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81050. It stands on Thompson Arroyo. The Survey maps it on the Hadley quadrangle.

Casa within Otero County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 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

163 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 163 fires within 5 miles of Casa between 1995 and 2020, burning about 3,455 acres in total. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined130
Smoking16
Equipment and vehicle use8
Debris and open burning4
Natural2
Fireworks1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1

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
6 September 2017Smokingunder an acreLa Junta Rural Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
27 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresBents Old Fort National Historic SiteOX BOW
18 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLa Junta Rural Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
17 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLa Junta Rural Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
8 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
7 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
3 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLa Junta Rural Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
22 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLa Junta Rural Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Otero County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 31 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Casa: 13 unknowns, 10 occurrences, 8 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Alabaster Processing PlantGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
La Junta ShaleStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Otero 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
Old Fort Bent (historical)3.1 miles15
North La Junta3.3 miles18
La Junta Village3.7 miles16
La Junta4.1 miles18
Hadley4.2 miles15
La Junta Gardens4.4 miles18
Castiel6.8 miles15
Ormega6.9 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 195508. 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.