BlockFir, Colorado
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Blanca census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81133. The Survey maps it on the McCarty Park quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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.
- 1954 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Mc Carty Park quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1963 USGS McCarty Park quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Alamosa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Mc Carty Park quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
8 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Fir between 1992 and 2013, burning about 17 acres in total. 4 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 | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | HOPE GULCH |
| 25 August 2000 | Natural | 3.5 acres | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | INDIAN CREEK |
| 20 August 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | San Juan National Forest | ASPEN RESERVOIR |
| 14 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | LA VETA |
| 13 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | LA VETA |
| 25 June 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | MCCURDY FIRE |
| 13 June 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | KING |
| 24 May 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 13 acres | La Veta Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Fir: 4 prospects, 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Vanadium, Copper, Uranium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City Slicker Mine | Vanadium, Uranium | Past Producer | Carnotite | |
| Loco Alice Prospect | Uranium, Silver, Copper, Vanadium | Prospect | Carnotite, Jarosite, Malachite, Volborthite | |
| Washout Claim | Uranium, Copper | Prospect | Copper, Cuprite | |
| Goemmer | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Independent Claim | Copper, Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Parks Lode Claim | Copper, Uranium, Vanadium | Prospect | Tyuyamunite, Azurite, Malachite | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Sand and Gravel |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russell | 7.5 miles | 17 | |
| La Veta Pass | 7.5 miles | 21 | |
| Garland City (historical) | 8.9 miles | 11 | |
| Fort Garland | 14.0 miles | 11 | |
| Blanca | 18.1 miles | 11 | |
| San Luis | 23.5 miles | 12 | |
| Chama | 24.7 miles | 12 | |
| San Pedro | 25.4 miles | 12 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q141203074 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 192858. 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.