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Greenhorn, Colorado

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Colorado City-Rye census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81069. It stands on Little Graneros Creek. The Survey maps it on the Colorado City quadrangle.

Greenhorn within Pueblo County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 17 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

136 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 136 fires within 5 miles of Greenhorn between 1995 and 2020, burning about 236 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 3 were 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/undetermined103
Natural14
Equipment and vehicle use5
Debris and open burning4
Smoking4
Arson/incendiarism3
Recreation and ceremony3

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
9 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRye Fire Protection DepartmentUNKNOWN
3 September 1995Naturalunder an acrePueblo Countynot named
28 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRye Fire Protection DepartmentUNKNOWN
15 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRye Fire Protection DepartmentUNKNOWN
8 August 2016Naturalunder an acreRye Fire Protection DepartmentUNKNOWN
6 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRye Fire Protection DepartmentUNKNOWN
31 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-Canon City Districtnot named
29 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRye Fire Protection DepartmentUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pueblo County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Greenhorn: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Cedarwood Clay MineClayProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Pueblo 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
Colorado City2.8 miles17
Rye4.2 miles23
Cuerna Verde Park6.3 miles23
Capers Spur (historical)7.7 miles16
Burnt Mill10.4 miles18
Cedar Grove12.5 miles22
Goodpasture12.7 miles22
Cedarwood12.7 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 193933. 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.