BlockHouser Cow Camp, Colorado
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Nucla census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81424. The Survey maps it on the Ute quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1956 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Ute quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Nucla quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Ute quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
48 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Houser Cow Camp between 1993 and 2019, burning about 1,868 acres in total. 43 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 43 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | CORRAL |
| 29 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | E. TABEGUACHE |
| 27 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | DRY CREEK 2 |
| 18 September 2004 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | DRY PARK |
| 18 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | WRIGHT |
| 13 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | READE HILL |
| 11 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | CAT |
| 4 August 2003 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | CRAIG POINT |
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 Houser Cow Camp: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oasis Placer | Gold | 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 Q122550670 | 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 196883. 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.