Kannah, Colorado
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Whitewater-Kannah Creek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81527. It stands on Kannah Creek. The Survey maps it on the Whitewater quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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
- 1969 USGS Whitewater quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Delta quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
82 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of Kannah between 1994 and 2020, burning about 210 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 1 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 | 45 |
| Natural | 20 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | BANGS RIM |
| 29 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | TABEGUACHE |
| 26 August 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | EAST CREEK |
| 14 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Grand Junction Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 13 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Land's End Fire Protection District | N/A |
| 11 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Grand Junction Field Office | PURPLE SAGE |
| 11 August 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | KANNAH CK |
| 8 July 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | N EAST CRK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Kannah: 11 unknowns, 3 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Creek | Fluorine-Fluorite | Unknown | ||
| Whitewater Crushing and Sampling P | Uranium | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Mine | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Bradbury Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pit 500 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pit 512 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitewater | 3.6 miles | 16 | |
| Bridgeport | 7.9 miles | 17 | |
| Orchard Mesa | 9.1 miles | 14 | |
| Pear Park | 9.1 miles | 12 | |
| Fruitvale | 10.2 miles | 12 | |
| Grand Junction | 10.2 miles | 14 | |
| Clifton | 10.5 miles | 12 | |
| Highland Park | 10.7 miles | 12 |
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 Q122595652 | 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 185228. 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.







