BlockEdith, Colorado
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Pagosa Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81147. It lies near Abeyta Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Edith quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 24 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.
- 1913 USGS Summitville quadrangle1:125000
- 1915 USGS Summitville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1945 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Chromo quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1961 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Edith quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Antonito quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
90 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Edith between 1993 and 2020, burning about 99 acres in total. 83 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 | 83 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Ute Agency | LOST |
| 5 September 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | not named |
| 27 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Ute Agency | NATURAL OU |
| 27 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | San Juan National Forest | BULL ELK |
| 11 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Ute Agency | TOO LATE |
| 8 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Pagosa Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 7 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | PAGOSA SPRINGS |
| 7 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Jicarilla Agency | RIM |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Edith: 4 prospects, 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horace Cordova | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Materials Pit No. 58-136-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Materials Pit No. 58-63-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Materials Pit No. 64-54-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Materials Pit No. 76-16-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Sand and Gravel | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Sand and Gravel |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 191036. 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.