Cuerna Verde Park, Colorado
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Colorado City-Rye census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81069. It lies near Huckleberry Hills. The Survey maps it on the Rye quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 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 Walsenburg quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Walsenburg quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Walsenburg quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1900 USGS Walsenburg quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Rye quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1975 USGS Rye quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Walsenburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Rye quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
123 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 123 fires within 5 miles of Cuerna Verde Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 153 acres in total. 25 started naturally. 1 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 | 85 |
| Natural | 25 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Pueblo County | not named |
| 28 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Rye Fire Protection Department | UNKNOWN |
| 27 September 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Huerfano County | not named |
| 22 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | LOG |
| 18 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Pueblo County | not named |
| 14 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Rye Fire Protection Department | UNKNOWN |
| 9 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Rye Fire Protection Department | UNKNOWN |
| 8 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Rye Fire Protection Department | UNKNOWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Cuerna Verde Park: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Vermiculite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Isabel Deposit | Vermiculite | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rye | 2.2 miles | 23 | |
| Greenhorn | 6.3 miles | 17 | |
| Colorado City | 7.4 miles | 17 | |
| Valley View | 10.1 miles | 22 | |
| Beulah Valley | 10.4 miles | 22 | |
| Beulah | 10.6 miles | 22 | |
| Cedar Grove | 10.7 miles | 22 | |
| Goodpasture | 11.5 miles | 22 |
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 Q122559894 | 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 193914. 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.












