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Dyke, Colorado

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Arboles census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81147. It lies near Hall Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Lonetree Canyon quadrangle.

Dyke within Archuleta County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

197 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 197 fires within 5 miles of Dyke between 1992 and 2020, burning about 614 acres in total. 97 started naturally. 2 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
Natural97
Missing data/not specified/undetermined71
Recreation and ceremony14
Debris and open burning5
Smoking4
Arson/incendiarism2
Fireworks1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 2009Naturalunder an acreSan Juan National ForestBEAR
5 September 2000Naturalunder an acreSan Juan National ForestWASHINGTON
5 September 2000Naturalunder an acreSan Juan National ForestLA JUANA
4 September 2007Naturalunder an acreSouthern Ute AgencyDELUGE
30 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePagosa Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
3 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePagosa Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
3 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePagosa Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
25 September 2018Smokingunder an acrePagosa Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Archuleta 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 Dyke: 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Calcium, Feldspar. 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
Meadows PropertyFeldsparPast Producer
Seavy Ranch PropertyCalciumOccurrence1938, 1941

Every working recorded in Archuleta 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
Altura3.0 miles21
Nutria3.7 miles21
Lonetree4.2 miles21
Kearns6.8 miles21
Piedra7.7 miles17
Chimney Rock (historical)8.1 miles17
Pagosa Springs10.3 miles19
Stollsteimer10.3 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 184534. 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.