BlockBefore

Dick, Colorado

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Erie-Frederick census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80603. The Survey maps it on the Frederick quadrangle.

Dick within Weld County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 20 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

259 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 259 fires within 5 miles of Dick between 1993 and 2020, burning about 266 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 12 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/undetermined196
Smoking14
Arson/incendiarism12
Debris and open burning11
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony4
Fireworks4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1
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 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersBRIGHTON
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersFORT LUPTON
30 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFrederick-Firestone Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
3 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGreater Brighton Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
3 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFrederick-Firestone Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
29 September 2019Debris and open burning80 acresColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersN/A
28 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
26 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMountain View Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Weld County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Dick: 2 unknowns, 2 producers, 2 past producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
UnknownClayProducer
Adams Aggregate Inc PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
GoldenSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
StateSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnnamedSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Weld 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
Saint Vrains1.0 miles20
Dacono3.7 miles20
Frederick4.7 miles20
Puritan4.9 miles20
Evanston5.2 miles20
Wattenberg5.3 miles21
Firestone5.6 miles20
Plumbs6.9 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 180832. 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.