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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.

Lebanon within Montezuma County

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 10 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

109 since 1993

Regional 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/undetermined47
Natural29
Recreation and ceremony15
Equipment and vehicle use8
Debris and open burning6
Smoking1
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
7 August 2005Naturalunder an acreSan Juan National ForestSAGEHEN
5 August 1995Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMontezuma Countynot named
30 August 2015Naturalunder an acreLewis-Arriola Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
26 August 2008Naturalunder an acreSan Juan National ForestOMEGA
23 August 2003Naturalunder an acreTres Rios Field OfficeLOBATO
22 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDolores Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
21 August 2016Naturalunder an acreLewis-Arriola Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
2 August 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Juan National ForestCAR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Montezuma County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Canon 7Uranium, VanadiumPast Producer
Dolores MineCoal, Gold, SilverPast Producer
UnkClayProspect
UnknownFire Clay (Refractory)Occurrence
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Montezuma 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
Arriola3.1 miles12
Dolores4.7 miles10
Lewis5.1 miles12
Cortez7.5 miles11
Yellow Jacket8.5 miles12
Stapleton10.3 miles10
Pleasant View13.0 miles11
Millwood13.9 miles13

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 LebanonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6511022The 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.