Dallas, Colorado

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Ouray census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81432. It stands on Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dallas quadrangle.

Dallas within Ouray County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 printed sheets

Matched 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.

1902 USGS Ouray quadrangle1:62500
1904 USGS Ouray quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1909 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:125000
1911 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
1956 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1959 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1963 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1968 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000
1983 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

34 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Dallas between 1994 and 2020, burning about 11 acres in total. 17 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	17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	15
Recreation and ceremony	1
Debris and open burning	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
2 September 2018	Natural	under an acre	Southwest District, Montrose	RAT
14 September 2005	Natural	under an acre	Southwest District, Montrose	GRAVEL P 2
9 August 1994	Natural	under an acre	Southwest District, Montrose	SILVERADO
3 August 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters	not named
23 August 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters	not named
19 August 2002	Natural	under an acre	Southwest District, Montrose	BILLYCREEK
15 August 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters	not named
15 August 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ouray County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Dallas: 3 producers, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Geothermal. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Fortuna	Lead, Copper, Zinc	Past Producer
Orvis Hot Spring	Geothermal	Unknown
Quarry	Stone	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Ouray County

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Loghill Village	2.0 miles	16
Ridgway	2.3 miles	16
Eldredge	7.3 miles	17
Portland	7.4 miles	26
Colona	9.9 miles	17
Ouray	11.7 miles	26
Thistledown	13.3 miles	28
Sneffels (historical)	14.4 miles	28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 188420. 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.