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Farmers, Colorado

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Greeley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80631. It lies near Sheep Draw. The Survey maps it on the Bracewell quadrangle.

Farmers within Weld County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 22 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

252 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 252 fires within 5 miles of Farmers between 2008 and 2020, burning about 205 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 20 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined194
Arson/incendiarism20
Smoking10
Equipment and vehicle use9
Debris and open burning8
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Fireworks2
Natural1
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
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersGREELEY
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersGREELEY
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersEATON
4 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersN/A
3 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersGREELEY
29 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGreeley Fire DepartmentN/A
28 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersGREELEY
26 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreEaton Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Weld County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Farmers: 9 occurrences, 6 producers, 3 past producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
UnknownFire Clay (Refractory)OccurrenceSedimentary
UnknownFire Clay (Refractory)OccurrenceSedimentary
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Weld 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
Bracewell2.1 miles22
Comer4.1 miles22
Greeley4.2 miles21
Mason Corner4.2 miles21
Mumper Corner4.3 miles21
Greeley Junction4.5 miles21
Lucerne4.7 miles21
Bruce5.4 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 180600. 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.