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Loma Linda, Colorado

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Durango census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81303. The Survey maps it on the Loma Linda quadrangle.

Loma Linda within La Plata County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

215 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 215 fires within 5 miles of Loma Linda between 1992 and 2020, burning about 155 acres in total. 34 started naturally. 3 were 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/undetermined137
Natural34
Recreation and ceremony16
Debris and open burning12
Smoking8
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersBAYFIELD
8 September 2020Naturalunder an acreLa Plata CountyTHREE SPRINGS
7 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDurango Fire Rescue AuthorityUNKNOWN
6 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDurango Fire Rescue AuthorityUNKNOWN
6 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDurango Fire Rescue AuthorityUNKNOWN
4 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDurango Fire Rescue AuthorityUNKNOWN
28 September 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreDurango Fire Rescue AuthorityUNKNOWN
24 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDurango Fire Rescue AuthorityUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in La Plata County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Loma Linda: 13 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, Volcanic Materials. 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
UnknownVolcanic MaterialsOccurrence
City MineSilverPast Producer
UnknownSilverPast 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
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
Griffth (historical)0.7 miles20
Falfa0.8 miles20
Piñon Acres1.2 miles20
Grandview1.7 miles20
Florida2.4 miles20
Carbon Junction3.9 miles20
Durango5.7 miles30
Oxford5.8 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 184376. 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.