Lebanon, Colorado
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Dolores census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81323. The Survey maps it on the Dolores West quadrangle. It stands 6,674 feet above sea level.
On record in Lebanon
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Lebanon Schoollisted 1996 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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.
- 1956 USGS Cortez quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Cortez quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Cortez quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Cortez quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Dolores West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Cortez quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Cortez quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
109 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 109 fires within 5 miles of Lebanon between 1993 and 2020, burning about 763 acres in total. 29 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 47 |
| Natural | 29 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | San Juan National Forest | SAGEHEN |
| 5 August 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Montezuma County | not named |
| 30 August 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Lewis-Arriola Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 26 August 2008 | Natural | under an acre | San Juan National Forest | OMEGA |
| 23 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Tres Rios Field Office | LOBATO |
| 22 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Dolores Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 21 August 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Lewis-Arriola Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 2 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Juan National Forest | CAR |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Lebanon: 6 unknowns, 4 occurrences, 2 prospects, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fire Clay (Refractory), Uranium, Vanadium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canon 7 | Uranium, Vanadium | Past Producer | ||
| Dolores Mine | Coal, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Unknown | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Occurrence | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arriola | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Dolores | 4.7 miles | 10 | |
| Lewis | 5.1 miles | 12 | |
| Cortez | 7.5 miles | 11 | |
| Yellow Jacket | 8.5 miles | 12 | |
| Stapleton | 10.3 miles | 10 | |
| Pleasant View | 13.0 miles | 11 | |
| Millwood | 13.9 miles | 13 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Lebanon | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6511022 | 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 178807. 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.






