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Greenwood, Colorado

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Westcliffe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81253. It lies near Allen Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Wetmore quadrangle.

Greenwood within Custer County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 23 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

62 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Greenwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 14,523 acres in total. 39 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
Natural39
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Recreation and ceremony6
Equipment and vehicle use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Debris and open burning1

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
30 September 2001Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestFARLEY
3 September 2016Naturalunder an acreWetmore Volunteer Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
2 September 2009Natural2.0 acresPike and San Isabel National ForestHOLT MTN
29 August 2000Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestMASON GULCH
28 August 2000Naturalunder an acreRoyal Gorge Field OfficeMASON GUL
28 August 1995Natural1.0 acresRoyal Gorge Field OfficeYMCA MTN
23 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestLUIS CREEK 6
23 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresWetmore Volunteer Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Custer County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Greenwood: 6 occurrences, 5 producers, 1 past producer. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Iron, Uranium. 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
Airborne Anomaly 18UraniumOccurrence
Colorado Zinc Company MineLead, ZincProducerGalena, Sphalerite
Unidentified OccurrenceIronOccurrence
UnknownFire Clay (Refractory)Occurrence
Lawson MineClayPast Producer
UnknownClayOccurrenceClay
UnknownClayOccurrenceClay
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Custer 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
Wetmore2.4 miles23
McKenzie Junction5.7 miles24
Cold Spring8.6 miles24
Fairview9.5 miles23
Querida13.7 miles26
Rosita14.7 miles24
San Isabel15.2 miles17
Silver Cliff19.1 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 192229. 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.