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La Boca, Colorado

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Ignacio census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81137. It lies in La Boca Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Tiffany quadrangle.

La Boca within La Plata County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

180 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 180 fires within 5 miles of La Boca between 1992 and 2020, burning about 162 acres in total. 155 started naturally. 1 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
Natural155
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking4
Debris and open burning2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
8 September 2020Naturalunder an acreFarmington Field OfficeREESE CANYON
7 September 2019Naturalunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
7 September 2019Naturalunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
5 September 1994Naturalunder an acreSouthern Ute AgencyNEWMAN
4 September 2007Naturalunder an acreFarmington Field OfficeBELLA SPRINGS
4 September 2003Naturalunder an acreFarmington Field OfficeJAQUEZ CAN
29 September 2011Naturalunder an acreSouthern Ute AgencySTATELINE 2
26 September 2009Natural1.0 acresFarmington Field OfficeROCKY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in La Plata County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of La Boca: 5 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in La Plata 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
Tiffany3.7 miles19
Allison6.1 miles23
Ignacio7.4 miles19
Oxford12.4 miles20
Gem Village14.5 miles20
Bondad14.7 miles19
Bayfield14.8 miles20
Florida16.2 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 184499. 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.