BlockFox Creek, Colorado
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the West Conejos census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81120. It stands on Fox Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fox Creek quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 1922 USGS Conejos quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1945 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Fox Creek quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Antonito quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2001 USGS Fox Creek quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
23 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Fox Creek between 1993 and 2020, burning about 140 acres in total. 10 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 | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Rio Grande National Forest | CCR |
| 9 August 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Rio Grande National Forest | not named |
| 7 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Rio Grande National Forest | not named |
| 6 August 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Rio Grande National Forest | ASPEN GLADE |
| 6 August 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Rio Grande National Forest | RADIO |
| 6 August 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Conejos County Office | not named |
| 25 August 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Rio Grande National Forest | MAGOTE |
| 20 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | San Luis Valley Field Office | SAPO |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Fox Creek: 2 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cañon | 3.3 miles | 19 | |
| Las Mesitas | 4.8 miles | 18 | |
| Mogote | 5.8 miles | 18 | |
| Paisaje | 7.5 miles | 18 | |
| Osier | 8.0 miles | 19 | |
| Ortiz | 9.3 miles | 18 | |
| Guadalupe | 9.5 miles | 18 | |
| San Antonio | 9.7 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 190897. 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.