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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 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.
- 1891 USGS Las Animas quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Las Animas quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Hadley quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Lamar quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Lamar quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Las Animas quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
163 since 1995Regional 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/undetermined | 130 |
| Smoking | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2017 | Smoking | under an acre | La Junta Rural Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 27 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Bents Old Fort National Historic Site | OX BOW |
| 18 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | La Junta Rural Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 17 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | La Junta Rural Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 8 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 7 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 3 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | La Junta Rural Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 22 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | La Junta Rural Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 31 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabaster Processing Plant | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| La Junta Shale | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Fort Bent (historical) | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| North La Junta | 3.3 miles | 18 | |
| La Junta Village | 3.7 miles | 16 | |
| La Junta | 4.1 miles | 18 | |
| Hadley | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| La Junta Gardens | 4.4 miles | 18 | |
| Castiel | 6.8 miles | 15 | |
| Ormega | 6.9 miles | 18 |
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.





