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Ford, Colorado

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Sterling census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80751. It stands on Cedar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sterling North quadrangle.

Ford within Logan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 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

16 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Ford between 2011 and 2020, burning about 80 acres in total. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Natural3
Debris and open burning3
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
3 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSterling Fire RescueUNKNOWN
2 September 2016Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresSterling Fire RescueUNKNOWN
31 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSterling Fire RescueUNKNOWN
13 August 2013Naturalunder an acreSterling Fire RescueUNKNOWN
11 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSterling Fire RescueUNKNOWN
17 July 2016Natural4.0 acresSterling Fire RescueUNKNOWN
26 June 2016Debris and open burning2.0 acresSterling Fire RescueUNKNOWN
26 June 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSterling Fire RescueUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Logan County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Ford: 4 unknowns, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel

Every working recorded in Logan County

Storms near this place

5 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ford in 5 storm reports between 2009 and 2013: 5 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2013HailFord-no account filed
May 2013HailFord-no account filed
May 2012HailFord-no account filed
July 2011HailFord-no account filed
August 2009HailFord-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Logan 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
Jessica3.6 miles7
Padroni4.7 miles7
Iliff4.7 miles8
Selma6.7 miles8
Galien7.0 miles9
Sterling7.4 miles9
Buchanan8.1 miles7
Griff8.2 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 182760. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.