BlockKeyhole, Colorado
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Delta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81416. It lies near Tatum Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Good Point quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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 Good Point quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1980 USGS Delta quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
9 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Keyhole between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1 acre in total. 6 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 | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | TATUM RIDGE |
| 15 August 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | ESCALANTE CREEK |
| 10 August 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Uncompahgre Field Office | GOOD |
| 23 July 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | FOOL HILL |
| 12 July 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | SKYLINE |
| 8 June 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | POT HOLE |
| 30 June 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | FORK 25 |
| 28 June 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | SMITHCABIN |
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 Keyhole: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payrock Claims | Uranium | Producer |
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 185481. 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.