BlockCumbres, Colorado
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the West Conejos census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81120. It lies near Neff Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Cumbres quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 21 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.
- 1922 USGS Conejos quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1945 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Cumbres quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS Antonito quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2001 USGS Cumbres quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
16 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Cumbres between 1997 and 2020, burning about 2 acres in total. 11 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Rio Grande National Forest | TRUJILLO MEADOWS |
| 6 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Carson National Forest | BORDERLINE |
| 2 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Rio Grande National Forest | RENDEZVOUS |
| 8 July 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Rio Grande National Forest | RED LAKE |
| 10 July 2001 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | SCENIC |
| 1 July 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Rio Grande National Forest | MEADOWS |
| 30 June 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Rio Grande National Forest | APACHE CREEK |
| 27 June 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Rio Grande National Forest | FRANKENSTEIN |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Osier | 5.9 miles | 19 | |
| Fox Creek | 13.4 miles | 19 | |
| Cañon | 16.1 miles | 19 | |
| Las Mesitas | 18.1 miles | 18 | |
| Mogote | 19.0 miles | 18 | |
| Paisaje | 20.8 miles | 18 | |
| Ortiz | 21.4 miles | 18 | |
| San Antonio | 22.2 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 Q122567409 | 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 190847. 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.