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Delagua, Colorado

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Aguilar census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81082. It lies near Canyon Bonito. The Survey maps it on the Delagua quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Delagua within Las Animas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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.

Fires near this place

39 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Delagua (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 18 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 3 were 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/undetermined24
Natural8
Arson/incendiarism3
Debris and open burning2
Recreation and ceremony1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
4 September 1995Naturalunder an acreLas Animas Countynot named
8 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSpanish Peaks / Boncarbo Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
8 August 1995Natural2.0 acresLas Animas Countynot named
4 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSpanish Peaks / Boncarbo Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
3 August 2013Natural2.0 acresSpanish Peaks / Boncarbo Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
3 August 1994Naturalunder an acreLas Animas Countynot named
13 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersN/A
4 July 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreLas Animas Countynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Las Animas County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Delagua (historical): 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Las Animas 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Vallorso4.1 miles21
Ludlow4.3 miles19
Aguilar4.4 miles22
Gulnare5.0 miles22
Lynn6.1 miles22
Reilly Canyon6.4 miles21
Forbes (historical)7.6 miles19
Boncarbo8.7 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 194549. 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.