BlockHilton, Colorado
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the South Bent census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81054. The Survey maps it on the Kreybill quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 16 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 Las Animas quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Las Animas quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Kreybill quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Lamar quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Lamar quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Las Animas quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
20 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Hilton between 1994 and 2020, burning about 376 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | MCCLAVE |
| 18 June 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Las Animas-Bent County Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 17 June 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | Las Animas-Bent County Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 17 June 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Las Animas-Bent County Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 16 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 200 acres | Bent County Office | HWY 50 CNTY RD 19/20 |
| 30 May 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 21 May 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 4 April 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | San Miguel County | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Hilton: 4 unknowns, 3 occurrences. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kreybill | 3.7 miles | 16 | |
| Keller | 4.5 miles | 18 | |
| Fort Lyon | 5.1 miles | 18 | |
| Caddoa | 5.3 miles | 19 | |
| Las Animas Junction | 6.0 miles | 18 | |
| Hasty | 6.2 miles | 19 | |
| Melina | 7.0 miles | 18 | |
| Boggsville | 8.3 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 195540. 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.