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Houston, Colorado

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Platteville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80651. The Survey maps it on the Milliken quadrangle.

Houston within Weld County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

228 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 228 fires within 5 miles of Houston between 2010 and 2020, burning about 208 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 8 were 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/undetermined163
Equipment and vehicle use22
Smoking16
Debris and open burning12
Arson/incendiarism8
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersPLATTEVILLE
7 September 2016Smokingunder an acrePlatteville/Gilcrest Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
6 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersLASALLE
30 September 2013Smokingunder an acrePlatteville/Gilcrest Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
24 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
21 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Weld County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Houston: 2 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel

Every working recorded in Weld County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Gilcrest2.4 miles20
Platteville2.9 miles20
Fort Saint Vrain (historical)3.0 miles20
Dent4.1 miles20
Wildcat4.1 miles20
Old Fort Vasquez (historical)4.2 miles20
Peckham4.5 miles20
Hambert5.5 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 180712. 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.