Lonetree, Colorado
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Pagosa Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81147. It lies in Lonetree Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Lonetree Canyon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 21 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.
- 1924 USGS Pagosa Springs quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1927 USGS Pagosa Springs quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1945 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Pagosa Junction quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Durango quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Lonetree Canyon quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
145 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 145 fires within 5 miles of Lonetree between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,233 acres in total. 87 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 87 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 43 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2009 | Natural | under an acre | San Juan National Forest | BEAR |
| 5 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Ute Agency | ANCIENT |
| 5 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | San Juan National Forest | WASHINGTON |
| 5 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | San Juan National Forest | LA JUANA |
| 4 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Ute Agency | DELUGE |
| 30 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Pagosa Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 30 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | San Juan National Forest | GALLEGOS |
| 3 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Pagosa Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Lonetree: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Calcium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seavy Ranch Property | Calcium | Occurrence | 1938, 1941 |
Storms near this place
1 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lonetree in 1 storm report in 2017: 1 lightning. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2017 | Lightning | Lonetree | $20,000 | Lightning struck the Oak Brush communications site and damaged law enforcement communications equipment. |
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 184546. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.










