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Ludlow, Colorado

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Aguilar census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81082. It lies near Berwind Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Ludlow quadrangle.

Ludlow within Las Animas County

On record in Ludlow

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 19 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

21 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Ludlow between 1993 and 2020, burning about 60 acres in total. 4 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/undetermined15
Natural4
Arson/incendiarism1
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
4 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSpanish Peaks / Boncarbo Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
3 August 2013Natural2.0 acresSpanish Peaks / Boncarbo Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
20 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersTRINIDAD
13 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersTRINIDAD
12 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersTRINIDAD
4 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLas Animas Countynot named
24 July 2020Naturalunder an acreLas Animas CountyHAWKS CANYON
15 July 1994Naturalunder an acreLas Animas Countynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Las Animas County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Ludlow: 2 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Las Animas 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
Delagua (historical)4.3 miles21
Vallorso4.8 miles21
Forbes (historical)5.2 miles19
Aguilar6.1 miles22
Lynn7.2 miles22
Reilly Canyon8.6 miles21
Gulnare9.0 miles22
El Moro9.7 miles18

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 LudlowAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1003486The 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 194575. 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.