BlockKearns, Colorado
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Pagosa Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81147. It lies near West Kearns Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Lonetree Canyon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 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.
- 1924 USGS Pagosa Springs quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1927 USGS Pagosa Springs quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1945 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Pagosa Junction quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Durango quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Lonetree Canyon quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
114 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 114 fires within 5 miles of Kearns between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,568 acres in total. 101 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 | 101 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Ute Agency | JUANITAVAL |
| 5 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Ute Agency | ANCIENT |
| 30 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | San Juan National Forest | GALLEGOS |
| 29 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Ute Agency | SPECIAL |
| 29 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Ute Agency | TRAIL CANY |
| 28 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Ute Agency | KEARNS AGAIN |
| 27 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Ute Agency | OB JOYFULL |
| 26 September 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Tres Rios Field Office | BUSH CANYON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 184545. 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.