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Cedar Grove, Colorado

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Pueblo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81023. The Survey maps it on the Beulah quadrangle.

Cedar Grove within Pueblo County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 22 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

103 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 103 fires within 5 miles of Cedar Grove between 1996 and 2020, burning about 5,336 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 1 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/undetermined70
Natural16
Equipment and vehicle use9
Debris and open burning3
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
9 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBeulah Valley Volunteer Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBeulah Valley Volunteer Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
3 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBeulah Valley Volunteer Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
20 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBeulah Valley Volunteer Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
27 August 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreBeulah Valley Volunteer Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
27 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-Canon City Districtnot named
27 August 2003Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestGAME GULCH
26 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-Canon City Districtnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pueblo County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Cedar Grove: 5 past producers, 4 producers, 4 unknowns, 2 occurrences. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory), Marble, Dimension, 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
BeulahSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
BeulahStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownMarble, DimensionOccurrenceMetamorphic
UnknownStone, Crushed/Broken, Marble, DimensionUnknown
E. D. Freeman MineFire Clay (Refractory)Producer
Rock Creek MineFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
UnknownFire Clay (Refractory)Occurrence
Beulah Strip PitClayProducer
Fox No 1 PitClayProducer
Galbreth CreekClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pueblo 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
Goodpasture1.2 miles22
Beulah Valley1.5 miles22
Valley View2.1 miles22
Beulah2.5 miles22
Burnt Mill7.7 miles18
Bronquist9.1 miles20
Rye10.5 miles23
Colorado City10.5 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 193832. 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.