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Kuner, Colorado

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Kersey-Gill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80644. It stands on Crow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Barnesville quadrangle.

Kuner within Weld County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

156 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 156 fires within 5 miles of Kuner between 2010 and 2020, burning about 14,798 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined116
Natural9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Arson/incendiarism8
Smoking8
Debris and open burning6
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
30 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
29 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersKERSEY
23 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined750 acresColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
20 September 2010Natural1,000 acresColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
20 September 2010Natural10 acresColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
18 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined12,699 acresSoutheast Weld Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
4 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersKERSEY
29 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersKERSEY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Weld County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Kuner: 5 producers, 4 occurrences. 5 still produce. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel

Every working recorded in Weld 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
Spanish Village3.0 miles18
Kersey3.9 miles18
Hardin3.9 miles13
Gill6.0 miles18
Barnesville7.1 miles14
Matthews7.2 miles14
Alden7.4 miles18
Auburn7.8 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 180671. 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.