BlockHobson, Colorado
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Pueblo West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81007. It lies near Richie Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Hobson quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 21 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 Pueblo quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1896 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Hobson quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
9 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Hobson between 2003 and 2016, burning about 14 acres in total. 1 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 | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-Canon City District | not named |
| 15 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-Canon City District | not named |
| 27 May 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | PENOSE |
| 22 May 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Canon City Area Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 7 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Penrose Volunteer Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 22 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Penrose Volunteer Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 15 April 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Penrose Volunteer Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 21 March 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | PENROSE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Hobson: 2 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Creek Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Unidentified Placer Occurrence | Gold | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Unknown | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swallows | 4.7 miles | 23 | |
| Siloam | 6.6 miles | 21 | |
| Stone City | 8.4 miles | 21 | |
| Bronquist | 9.8 miles | 20 | |
| Pueblo West | 11.2 miles | 28 | |
| Wild Horse | 14.1 miles | 28 | |
| Goodnight | 15.1 miles | 28 | |
| Eden | 16.9 miles | 24 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 193684. 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.