BlockChipeta, Colorado
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Delta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81416. The Survey maps it on the Delta quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1956 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Delta quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Delta quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
179 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 179 fires within 5 miles of Chipeta between 2003 and 2020, burning about 35 acres in total. 4 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 | 164 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | DELTA |
| 27 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Delta County Fire Protection District #1 | N/A |
| 21 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Delta County Fire Protection District #1 | UNKNOWN |
| 17 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Delta County Fire Protection District #1 | UNKNOWN |
| 16 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Delta County Fire Protection District #1 | UNKNOWN |
| 14 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Delta County Fire Protection District #1 | UNKNOWN |
| 5 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Delta County Fire Protection District #1 | UNKNOWN |
| 28 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Delta County Fire Protection District #1 | UNKNOWN |
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Chipeta: 6 unknowns, 2 occurrences, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipeta Mill | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| Delta Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Sand and Gravel | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel |
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.
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.
| Wikidata item Q122597797 | 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 185528. 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.