BlockCowdrey, Colorado
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Walden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80434. It stands on Crystal Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cowdrey quadrangle. It stands 7,917 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1954 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Cowdrey quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Cowdrey quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Walden quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
6 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Cowdrey between 1992 and 2020, burning about 76 acres in total. 1 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 | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 July 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Craig | SENTINAL |
| 9 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Northwest District, Craig | CROUCH |
| 28 June 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Northwest District, Craig | KAUSSMAN |
| 8 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | Jackson County | TRICK |
| 13 May 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | WALDEN |
| 10 April 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | 20 acres | Jackson County | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Cowdrey: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northgate Mill (Facillity) | Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | Underground | |
| Whale Pit (unveriifable) | Fluorine-Fluorite | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northgate | 2.1 miles | 21 | |
| Brownlee | 5.4 miles | 17 | |
| Kings Canyon | 6.5 miles | 18 | |
| Walden | 9.0 miles | 16 | |
| Fort Boettcher | 12.8 miles | 25 | |
| Pearl | 15.1 miles | 22 | |
| Larand | 16.4 miles | 17 | |
| Hebron | 18.9 miles | 15 |
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 Cowdrey | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5179641 | 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 170351. 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.