Gulnare, Colorado
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Aguilar census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81020. It lies near Frio Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Gulnare quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 22 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 Spanish Peaks quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Spanish Peaks quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Spanish Peaks quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Spanish Peaks quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1900 USGS Spanish Peaks quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Gulnare quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1982 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
40 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Gulnare between 1992 and 2020, burning about 49 acres in total. 9 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 | 28 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Royal Gorge Field Office | ROAD CYN |
| 4 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Las Animas County | not named |
| 21 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Spanish Peaks / Boncarbo Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 18 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Spanish Peaks / Boncarbo Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 14 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Spanish Peaks / Boncarbo Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 8 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Spanish Peaks / Boncarbo Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 8 August 1995 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Las Animas County | not named |
| 21 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Spanish Peaks / Boncarbo 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 Gulnare: 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 |
Storms near this place
3 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gulnare in 3 storm reports between 2002 and 2004: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2004 | Hail | Gulnare | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Gulnare | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Gulnare | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reilly Canyon | 4.9 miles | 21 | |
| Delagua (historical) | 5.0 miles | 21 | |
| Vallorso | 6.1 miles | 21 | |
| Boncarbo | 7.6 miles | 21 | |
| Aguilar | 7.9 miles | 22 | |
| Ludlow | 9.0 miles | 19 | |
| Lynn | 9.6 miles | 22 | |
| Forbes (historical) | 10.7 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 204808. 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.













