Concrete, Colorado
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Penrose-Portland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81240. It stands on Bear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pierce Gulch quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 23 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 Pueblo quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1896 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Pierce Gulch quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1966 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
52 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Concrete between 1995 and 2020, burning about 102 acres in total. 3 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 | 34 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Penrose Volunteer Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 7 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Williamsburg Volunteer Fire Department (Florence Fire Protection District) | UNKNOWN |
| 28 August 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Penrose Volunteer Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 18 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Penrose Volunteer Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 16 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Penrose Volunteer Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 12 August 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.5 acres | Penrose Volunteer Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 7 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-Canon City District | not named |
| 27 July 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Penrose Volunteer Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Concrete: 9 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 past producer. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Gold, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artesian Well #22 | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sand and Gravel | |
| Unidentified Placer Occurrence | Gold | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Unidentified Placer Occurrence | Gold | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Beaver Creek | Clay | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Portland Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portland | 1.5 miles | 24 | |
| Penrose | 3.2 miles | 24 | |
| Florence | 6.4 miles | 24 | |
| Coal Creek | 8.1 miles | 23 | |
| Williamsburg | 8.2 miles | 24 | |
| Rockvale | 8.9 miles | 23 | |
| Sikes | 9.5 miles | 25 | |
| Brookside | 10.5 miles | 24 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 193883. 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.











