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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.

Dunckley within Routt County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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

5 since 1993

Regional 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
Natural4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
8 September 1993Naturalunder an acreMedicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grasslandnot named
5 September 2013Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, CraigBEAR GULCH
22 September 2010Naturalunder an acreMedicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National GrasslandKAT
17 August 1996Naturalunder an acreMedicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National GrasslandBIRTHDAY
6 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.0 acresRoutt CountyFISH CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Routt 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 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Routt 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
Pagoda12.0 miles19
Keystone12.2 miles12
Oak Creek12.6 miles12
Haybro12.6 miles12
Mount Harris12.9 miles17
Bear River (historical)13.3 miles19
Hayden13.8 miles17
Phippsburg14.1 miles13

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.