BlockKornman, Colorado
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Lamar census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81052. The Survey maps it on the May Valley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1892 USGS Lamar quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1954 USGS Lamar quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS May Valley quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Lamar quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Lamar quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Lamar quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
201 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 201 fires within 5 miles of Kornman between 1994 and 2020, burning about 5,583 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined | 146 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 30 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 4 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Prowers County | not named |
| 27 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 27 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Prowers County | not named |
| 21 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 12 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | LAMAR |
| 12 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Prowers County | not named |
| 9 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | 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 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Kornman: 12 past producers, 2 producers, 2 occurrences. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prowers Granite Qy | Stone | Producer | ||
| Lamar Valley Concrete Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past 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.
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 Q122551990 | 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 195432. 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.