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Echo, Colorado

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Cotopaxi census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81223. It lies in Echo Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Echo quadrangle.

Echo within Fremont County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

48 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Echo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 69 acres in total. 27 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
Natural27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning3
Smoking1
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
15 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDeer Mountain Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
12 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRoyal Gorge Field OfficeOWL
12 September 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreRoyal Gorge Field OfficeSPIKE BUCK
8 August 2016Naturalunder an acreDeer Mountain Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
8 August 2016Naturalunder an acreFront Range District OfficeKIRK
6 August 2001Naturalunder an acreRoyal Gorge Field OfficeHINDMANGUL
4 August 1995Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresRoyal Gorge Field OfficeSPIKEBUCK
24 August 2011Naturalunder an acreRoyal Gorge Field OfficeTEXAS CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fremont County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 42 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 42 workings within 5 miles of Echo: 14 occurrences, 14 past producers, 8 producers, 4 prospects. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Feldspar, Uranium, Feldspar, Mica, Granite. 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
Bull GulchMica, BerylliumPast Producer
Bull Gulch ProspectMica, Feldspar, Beryllium, Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium)ProspectBeryl, Feldspar, Mica
Canon Dolomite QuarryDolomiteProducer
Chief #1-5 MineQuartz, Feldspar, Beryllium, Lithium, REEProducer1950, 1959
Devil's Hole QuarryStone, Feldspar, Mica, Beryllium, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, QuartzPast Producer1922, 1944
Devils Hole MineNiobium (Columbium), TantalumProducerColumbite, Tantalite
Horsepasture PegmatitesFeldspar, REE, Niobium (Columbium), TantalumOccurrenceMicrocline
Misery MinesUranium, VanadiumPast Producer1952
Navajo ClaimsUranium, IronOccurrence
Oliver ProspectTungstenPast ProducerScheelite

Every working recorded in Fremont 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
Texas Creek3.0 miles15
Sunset City6.8 miles24
Fink8.9 miles24
Cotopaxi9.4 miles17
Sample9.9 miles26
Buckskin Joe11.5 miles26
Pleasanton12.3 miles17
Coaldale12.8 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 191760. 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.