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Evansville, Colorado

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Del Norte census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81132. It stands on Dry Pole Creek. The Survey maps it on the Del Norte quadrangle.

Evansville within Rio Grande County

On record in Evansville

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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

68 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Evansville between 1992 and 2012, burning about 87 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 4 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
Recreation and ceremony24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Smoking5
Debris and open burning4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Arson/incendiarism4
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
14 August 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreRio Grande Countynot named
8 July 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreRio Grande Countynot named
29 July 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreRio Grande Countynot named
24 July 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreRio Grande Countynot named
15 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCSFS-Alamosa Districtnot named
13 July 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Luis Valley Field OfficeJEEP
12 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCSFS-Alamosa Districtnot named
11 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersDEL NORTE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rio Grande County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Evansville: 15 unknowns, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Stone, Iron. 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
SpiegelIronPast Producer
UnknownPumiceOccurrence
Rio Grande Granite QuarryGoldUnknown
UnkGoldUnknown
UnkStoneUnknown
UnkStoneUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Rio Grande 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
Del Norte1.9 miles19
Sevenmile Plaza4.6 miles17
Hanna7.4 miles19
Torres7.5 miles18
Maxeyville9.7 miles18
Monte Vista11.1 miles18
Dunul11.5 miles17
Ansel11.7 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 190308. 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.