BlockLa Posta, Colorado
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Durango Southwest census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81303. It lies in La Posta Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Basin Mountain quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 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.
- 1908 USGS Ignacio quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1924 USGS Ignacio quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1945 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Basin Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Durango quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
267 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 267 fires within 5 miles of La Posta between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,670 acres in total. 170 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 170 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 66 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Ute Agency | SNAG |
| 8 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Ute Agency | PURPLE |
| 8 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Ute Agency | COTTONWOOD |
| 7 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Durango Fire Rescue Authority | UNKNOWN |
| 5 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Ute Agency | LONG |
| 5 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Ute Agency | WALLEYE |
| 22 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Durango Fire Rescue Authority | UNKNOWN |
| 21 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Durango Fire Rescue Authority | UNKNOWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bondad | 5.6 miles | 19 | |
| Carbon Junction | 7.9 miles | 20 | |
| Grandview | 7.9 miles | 20 | |
| Griffth (historical) | 8.1 miles | 20 | |
| Piñon Acres | 8.2 miles | 20 | |
| Falfa | 8.2 miles | 20 | |
| Loma Linda | 8.6 miles | 20 | |
| Florida | 9.8 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 202996. 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.