BlockCraig Place, Colorado
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Maybell-Powder Wash census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81640. It lies near Diamond Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Canyon of Lodore North quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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 Canyon Of Lodore North quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Canyon of Lodore North quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Vernal quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Vernal quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Vernal quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Canyon Of Lodore quadrangle1:100000
- 1979 USGS Canyon of Lodore quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
70 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Craig Place between 1992 and 2020, burning about 13,956 acres in total. 68 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 68 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 September 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Craig | OFFIELD |
| 6 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.4 acres | Northwest District, Craig | CRAIG FIRE |
| 6 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Craig | BLACK RIDG |
| 24 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Craig | GRIMES |
| 12 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Craig | HOY |
| 1 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Dinosaur National Monument | GLOW |
| 9 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Dinosaur National Monument | T ZONE |
| 7 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Dinosaur National Monument | LADORE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson Place | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Greystone | 16.7 miles | 11 | |
| Robinson Place | 21.8 miles | 15 | |
| Offield Place | 24.0 miles | 9 | |
| Hiawatha | 25.6 miles | 9 | |
| Jack Springs | 28.7 miles | 12 | |
| Blue Mountain | 32.9 miles | 12 | |
| Dinosaur | 33.0 miles | 18 |
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 Q122561839 | 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 170535. 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.