BlockGalatea, Colorado
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Eads census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81036. The Survey maps it on the Galatea quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1891 USGS Arroyo quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Arroyo quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Lamar quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Lamar quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Galatea quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Karval quadrangle1:100000
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Galatea: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel |
Storms near this place
1 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Galatea in 1 storm report in 1998: 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1998 | Hail | Galatea | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawkins | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| Haswell | 8.2 miles | 13 | |
| Eads | 13.0 miles | 15 | |
| Arlington | 20.5 miles | 13 | |
| Chivington | 25.9 miles | 15 | |
| Brandon | 31.3 miles | 14 | |
| Sheridan Lake | 38.9 miles | 14 | |
| Stuart | 44.1 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 195236. 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.
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.