BlockHoovers Corner, Colorado
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Olathe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81425. The Survey maps it on the Hoovers Corner quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1956 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Hoovers Corner quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Delta quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
42 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Hoovers Corner between 1996 and 2020, burning about 68 acres in total. 4 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 | 18 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | NORTH CREEK |
| 6 August 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Dinosaur National Monument | MTC DFPC HELO SUPPORT |
| 5 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Olathe Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 3 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Olathe Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 30 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Olathe Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 19 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Olathe Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 19 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Olathe Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 28 June 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | COAL BANK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 23 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Hoovers Corner: 18 unknowns, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122568245 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 185656. 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.