Dunckley, Colorado
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Hayden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81639. It lies near Williams Park. The Survey maps it on the Dunckley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 20 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.
- 1924 USGS Mount Harris quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1924 USGS Mt. Harris quadrangle1:48000
- 1926 USGS Mount Harris quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Dunckley quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Meeker quadrangle1:100000
- 2000 USGS Dunckley quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
5 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Dunckley between 1993 and 2020, burning about 9 acres in total. 4 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 | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | not named |
| 5 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Craig | BEAR GULCH |
| 22 September 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | KAT |
| 17 August 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | BIRTHDAY |
| 6 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.0 acres | Routt County | FISH CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Dunckley: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pagoda | 12.0 miles | 19 | |
| Keystone | 12.2 miles | 12 | |
| Oak Creek | 12.6 miles | 12 | |
| Haybro | 12.6 miles | 12 | |
| Mount Harris | 12.9 miles | 17 | |
| Bear River (historical) | 13.3 miles | 19 | |
| Hayden | 13.8 miles | 17 | |
| Phippsburg | 14.1 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 204651. 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.












