BlockLa Plata, Colorado
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Durango census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81301. It lies near Spencer Gulch. The Survey maps it on the La Plata quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 19 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.
- 1895 USGS La Plata quadrangle1:62500
- 1897 USGS La Plata quadrangle1:62500
- 1899 USGS La Plata quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS La Plata quadrangle1:62500, 3 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
- 1963 USGS La Plata quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1966 USGS Cortez quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Cortez quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
36 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of La Plata between 1994 and 2020, burning about 9 acres in total. 11 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 23 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | San Juan National Forest | CF 1087 |
| 7 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | San Juan National Forest | CF 1089 |
| 5 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | San Juan National Forest | CF 1066 |
| 6 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fort Lewis-Mesa Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 24 August 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | San Juan National Forest | CF 994 |
| 24 August 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | San Juan National Forest | CF 991 |
| 4 July 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | San Juan National Forest | CF 574 |
| 30 July 2016 | Natural | under an acre | San Juan National Forest | JUNCTION CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 202 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 202 workings within 5 miles of La Plata: 157 past producers, 24 prospects, 17 occurrences, 3 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver, Silver, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allard Stock | Copper, Gold, Silver, PGE, Lead | Occurrence | Galena, Pyrite | |
| Aurora Mine | Silver, Gold, Tellurium, Copper | Past Producer | 1882 | |
| Bay City Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | 1876, 1918, 1987 | |
| Bessie G. Mine | Silver, Gold, Copper, Antimony, Mercury, Zinc, Lead, Tellurium | Past Producer | 1880, 1987 | |
| Black Diamond Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Tellurium | Past Producer | 1895, 1900, 1939 | |
| Boren Gulch Group | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | 1920 | |
| Camp Bird | Sulfur | Prospect | ||
| Comstock Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Tellurium, Bismuth, Antimony | Past Producer | 1873, 1875, 1931 | |
| Copper Hill Mine | Silver, Copper, Platinum, Gold, Palladium | Past Producer | 1902, 1911, 1917 | |
| Cumberland Mine | Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | 1878, 1921 |
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 178947. 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.