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Como, Colorado

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Fairplay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80432. The Survey maps it on the Como quadrangle. 500 people lived here at the 2000 count. It stands 9,813 feet above sea level.

Como within Park County

On record in Como

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 4 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 23 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

11 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Como between 1992 and 2020, burning about 538 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/undetermined4
Natural4
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
21 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
17 August 1992Naturalunder an acrePark Countynot named
16 August 1994Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National Forestnot named
17 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreJefferson-Como Fire Protection DistrictN/A
16 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersN/A
15 July 2013Naturalunder an acreRio Grande National ForestRASPBERRY
4 May 2017Smoking14 acresPike and San Isabel National Forest8 MILE
28 May 2004Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestWILLYS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Park County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Como: 8 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Fire Clay (Refractory), Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Zinc. 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
Fortune Placer MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Iron Hill PlacerGold, PlatinumPast ProducerStream Placer
UnknownFire Clay (Refractory)Occurrence
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cline Bench PlacersGoldOccurrencePlacer
Fortune PlacerGoldOccurrencePlacer
Peabody PlacerGoldOccurrencePlacer
UnknownGoldOccurrencePlacer
UnknownGoldOccurrencePlacer
UnknownGoldOccurrencePlacer

Every working recorded in Park 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
Peabodys2.9 miles23
Jefferson6.5 miles26
Fairplay8.6 miles23
Alma Junction8.8 miles33
Alma9.3 miles33
Dudley (historical)9.6 miles33
Quartzville (historical)10.0 miles33
Park City (historical)10.9 miles33

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 ComoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2989730The 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 183395. 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.