BlockGaro, Colorado
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Fairplay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80440. It stands on Trout Creek. The Survey maps it on the Garo quadrangle.
On record in Garo
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Guiraud-McDowell Ranchlisted 2016
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1953 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1956 USGS Garo quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Bailey quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Garo quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
10 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Garo between 1993 and 2020, burning about 3 acres in total. None 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/undetermined | 7 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwest Fire Protection District | N/A |
| 20 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwest Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 25 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Hartsel Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 29 July 2016 | Fireworks | under an acre | Northwest Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 29 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwest Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 29 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Green Mountain Falls/Chipita Park Volunteer Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 26 June 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Park County | not named |
| 6 May 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwest Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
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 Garo: 4 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Vanadium, Radium, Uranium, Copper, Vanadium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duvall Discovery | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Garo Deposit | Vanadium, Radium, Uranium, Copper | Past Producer | 1903, 1919 | |
| Garo Prospect | Vanadium | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Shirley May Mine | Uranium, Vanadium, Copper | Past Producer | 1903, 1919 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hartsel | 7.8 miles | 15 | |
| Pike-San Isabel Village | 9.8 miles | 15 | |
| Fairplay | 10.0 miles | 23 | |
| Haver | 10.0 miles | 19 | |
| Horseshoe (historical) | 12.3 miles | 23 | |
| Antero Junction | 13.3 miles | 19 | |
| Alma Junction | 13.7 miles | 33 | |
| Como | 14.4 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 184095. 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.