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Emma, Colorado

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Snowmass Village census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81621. It stands on West Sopris Creek. The Survey maps it on the Basalt quadrangle.

Emma within Pitkin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

73 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Emma between 1993 and 2020, burning about 3,263 acres in total. 34 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
Natural34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Arson/incendiarism2
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1

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
5 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresNorthwest District, Grand JunctionEAGLE CO 11
3 September 1995Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionARBNEY HIL
27 September 2018Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreBasalt & Rural Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
22 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWhite River National ForestSAWDUST
11 September 2005Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionLYONS GUL
1 September 2011Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionWOODY CREEK
4 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresNorthwest District, Grand JunctionLAKE CHRISTINE
4 August 2009Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionEAX ASSIST 343

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pitkin County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Emma: 4 past producers, 3 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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
QuarryStoneProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSand and Gravel
Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Homeward BoundStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Bionaz GroupManganesePast Producer
Bionaz GroupManganesePast ProducerVein
Panco Manganese DepositManganeseOccurrenceBraunite
Panco Manganese DepositManganeseOccurrence
Panco Manganese DepositsManganesePast Producer

Every working recorded in Pitkin 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
Wingo3.0 miles14
Snowmass4.6 miles19
Woody Creek11.4 miles19
Snowmass Village12.4 miles25
Redstone15.8 miles16
Meredith17.6 miles18
Aspen17.6 miles26
Lenado18.0 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 175035. 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.