Chacra, Colorado
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Glenwood Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81601. It stands on Canyon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Storm King Mountain quadrangle. 331 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,800 feet above sea level.
On record in Chacra
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Canyon (Canon) Creek School, District No. 32listed 2004 · 0.5 miles away
Population over time
2 figuresChacra grew from 329 to 331 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 329 | |
| 2020 | 331 | +2 (+1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 20 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.
- 1927 USGS Glenwood Springs quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1930 USGS Glenwood Springs quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Storm King Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1964 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Glenwood Springs quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
140 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 140 fires within 5 miles of Chacra between 1992 and 2020, burning about 15,744 acres in total. 97 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 97 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 34 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado River Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 8 September 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | RED MUD |
| 8 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | RAILROAD |
| 8 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | BEAR WALLO |
| 7 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | W S CANYON |
| 5 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | E ELK CRK3 |
| 29 September 2001 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Northwest District, Grand Junction | TRAIL |
| 21 September 2018 | Smoking | under an acre | Colorado River Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Chacra: 5 occurrences, 3 producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Clay, Uranium, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revelation Group | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Sand and Gravel | |
| New Castle | Clay | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Clay | Occurrence | Clay | |
| Unknown | Clay | Occurrence | Clay | |
| East Canyon Creek | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Unknown | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Occurrence | Sedimentary |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Castle | 4.8 miles | 20 | |
| Funston | 5.3 miles | 22 | |
| Glenwood Springs | 6.7 miles | 22 | |
| No Name | 8.2 miles | 22 | |
| Cardiff | 8.6 miles | 22 | |
| Silt | 11.3 miles | 20 | |
| Cattle Creek | 12.7 miles | 15 | |
| Carbonate (historical) | 12.7 miles | 19 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Chacra | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5066130 | 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 174067. 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.








