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Loyd, Colorado

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Craig census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81641. It lies near Seeping Spring Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Monument Butte quadrangle. It stands 6,401 feet above sea level.

Loyd within Moffat County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 17 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

45 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Loyd between 1993 and 2020, burning about 858 acres in total. 34 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
Natural34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Recreation and ceremony1
Debris and open burning1

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 1994Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, CraigISLES 2
4 September 2001Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, CraigMONUMENT
3 September 2006Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreNorthwest District, CraigTRAIN
3 September 2006Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreNorthwest District, CraigIRON HORSE
24 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresNorthwest District, CraigPERCH
21 September 2007Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, CraigRALSTON
13 September 2000Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, CraigAXIAL
9 August 1999Natural7.0 acresNorthwest District, CraigMONUMENT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Moffat County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Loyd: 2 occurrences, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Moffat 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
Iles Grove2.4 miles17
Axial4.8 miles17
Hamilton6.5 miles15
Craig South Highlands14.6 miles17
Craig16.8 miles16
Juniper Hot Springs17.4 miles17
Lay18.0 miles13
Maybell25.1 miles14

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 LoydAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14684917The 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 171414. 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.