Kline, Colorado
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Durango Southwest census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81326. The Survey maps it on the Kline quadrangle. It stands 6,943 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1913 USGS Red Mesa quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Cortez quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Cortez quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Cortez quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Cortez quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Cortez quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Kline quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Cortez quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
123 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 123 fires within 5 miles of Kline between 1993 and 2020, burning about 330 acres in total. 72 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 | 72 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Ute Agency | CHERRY CREEK |
| 8 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fort Lewis-Mesa Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 6 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Ute Agency | FIVEPOINTS |
| 4 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Fort Lewis-Mesa Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 26 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fort Lewis-Mesa Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 20 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Southern Ute Agency | HARVEST |
| 19 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fort Lewis-Mesa Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 15 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Fort Lewis-Mesa Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Kline: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kline in 1 storm report in 2013: 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2013 | Hail | Kline | - | Hail up to the size of hen eggs and strong winds caused considerable damage to residences and property near Marvel. |
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.
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.
| Wikipedia article on Kline | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6420995 | 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 179281. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.







