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Fayette, Colorado

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Rocky Ford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81067. The Survey maps it on the Manzanola quadrangle.

Fayette within Otero County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

210 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 210 fires within 5 miles of Fayette between 1995 and 2020, burning about 2,749 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined151
Recreation and ceremony16
Debris and open burning13
Smoking13
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural4
Fireworks3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Arson/incendiarism1

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 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRocky Ford Fire DepartmentN/A
30 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
28 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRocky Ford Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
26 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRocky Ford Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
18 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRocky Ford Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
31 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
30 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRocky Ford Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
3 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRocky Ford Fire DepartmentN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Otero County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Fayette: 7 occurrences, 7 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Dimension, 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
UnkStoneUnknown
UnknownStone, DimensionOccurrence
Hancock PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Korinek Trout Farm PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel

Every working recorded in Otero 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
Vroman2.5 miles14
Rocky Ford3.0 miles14
Manzanola5.7 miles14
Hawley6.9 miles18
Roberta7.2 miles18
Hays8.0 miles16
Swink8.5 miles14
Shelton8.7 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 195478. 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.