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Kiggin, Colorado

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Glenwood Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81623. It stands on Crystal River. The Survey maps it on the Carbondale quadrangle.

Kiggin within Garfield County

On record in Kiggin

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

133 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 133 fires within 5 miles of Kiggin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,202 acres in total. 44 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined68
Natural44
Recreation and ceremony8
Debris and open burning6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Arson/incendiarism2

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
5 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCarbondale & Rural Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
5 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCarbondale & Rural Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
30 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCarbondale & Rural Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
30 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
28 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCarbondale & Rural Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
24 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCarbondale & Rural Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
20 September 1995Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionONION RDG
14 September 2017Naturalunder an acreCarbondale & Rural Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Garfield 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 Kiggin: 2 unknowns, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, Dimension. 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
Midcontinent LimestoneLimestone, DimensionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSand and Gravel
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Garfield 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
Satank1.0 miles16
Carbondale2.2 miles16
Cattle Creek2.5 miles15
Mulford4.0 miles16
Catherine4.8 miles16
Cardiff6.7 miles22
Glenwood Springs9.7 miles22
No Name9.7 miles22

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 Q122595600The 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 174849. 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.