BlockKings Canyon, Colorado
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Walden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80434. It stands on Lawrence Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kings Canyon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 18 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.
- 1950 USGS Kings Canyon quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1952 USGS Kings Canyon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Kings Canyon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Walden quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
10 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Kings Canyon between 1996 and 2018, burning about 31 acres 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 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | BOSWELL |
| 17 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | WYOCOLO |
| 12 August 2010 | Natural | 10 acres | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | BOSWELL |
| 6 July 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Craig | SENTINAL |
| 24 July 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Northwest District, Craig | CAMPFIRE |
| 20 July 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | PINKHAM |
| 25 June 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | BOSWELL |
| 16 June 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Kings Canyon: 10 occurrences, 8 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Copper, Molybdenum, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fluorine Vein Properties | Fluorine-Fluorite, Silica, Manganese, Calcium | Past Producer | 1925, 1943 | |
| Fluorspar Vein Properties | Fluorine-Fluorite, Calcium, Silica | Past Producer | 1900, 1922 | |
| Kings Canyon | Copper, Silver, Molybdenum | Past Producer | pegmatite | |
| Village Belle Mine | Copper, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel | |
| Fluorspar | Molybdenum | Occurrence | Fluorite, Ilsemannite | |
| Unknown | Molybdenum | Occurrence | Molybdenite | |
| Unknown | Molybdenum | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Copper | Occurrence |
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 170044. 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.