BlockElkhead, Colorado
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Hayden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81639. It lies near Bull Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Quaker Mountain quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 21 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.
- 1923 USGS Pilot Knob quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1925 USGS Pilot Knob 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 Quaker Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1979 USGS Craig quadrangle1:100000
- 2000 USGS Quaker Mountain quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
5 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Elkhead between 1992 and 2017, burning about 607 acres in total. 2 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 | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 1994 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Routt County | not named |
| 5 September 1994 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Routt County | not named |
| 21 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | HAYDEN |
| 1 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 459 acres | Northwest District, Craig | MILL CREEK |
| 12 October 1992 | Smoking | 140 acres | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hayden | 10.9 miles | 17 | |
| Mount Harris | 11.9 miles | 17 | |
| Bear River (historical) | 12.3 miles | 19 | |
| Mystic | 12.5 miles | 18 | |
| McGregor | 14.8 miles | 19 | |
| Milner | 15.1 miles | 19 | |
| Clark | 15.8 miles | 20 | |
| Glen Eden | 16.2 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 171202. 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.