Grant, Colorado
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Fairplay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80448. It stands on Geneva Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mount Logan quadrangle. It stands 8,606 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 20 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.
- 1945 USGS Mount Logan quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1948 USGS Mount Logan quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Bailey quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Mount Logan quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Mount Logan quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
28 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Grant between 1994 and 2020, burning about 283 acres in total. 12 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 | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | SHAWNEE NORTH 1 |
| 2 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | SHAWNEE NORTH 2 |
| 2 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | N/A |
| 12 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | N/A |
| 30 August 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | BEN TYLER |
| 26 August 2019 | Natural | 70 acres | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | SHAWNEE PEAK |
| 14 August 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | BEST GULCH |
| 1 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Platte Canyon Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 Grant: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guernsey Kenosha Pass Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grant in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2013: 1 hail, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2013 | Flash Flood | Grant | - | Continuous heavy rainfall produced flash flooding. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Grant | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Maria | 1.7 miles | 20 | |
| Weller | 2.3 miles | 18 | |
| Webster | 3.1 miles | 20 | |
| Singleton | 3.4 miles | 18 | |
| Shawnee | 6.3 miles | 18 | |
| Highland Park | 7.5 miles | 18 | |
| Glenisle | 8.8 miles | 18 | |
| Jefferson | 9.3 miles | 26 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Grant | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3115380 | 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 204726. 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.








