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Lujane, Colorado

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Montrose census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81401. It lies near Ellison Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Cerro Summit quadrangle.

Lujane within Montrose County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

73 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Lujane between 1992 and 2020, burning about 920 acres in total. 21 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined36
Natural21
Equipment and vehicle use5
Debris and open burning5
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Fireworks1

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 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBlack Canyon of the Gunnison National ParkASHES
5 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMontrose Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
5 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMontrose Fire Protection Districtnot named
21 September 2000Naturalunder an acreSouthwest District, MontroseBOSTWICK P
14 September 2017Naturalunder an acreSouthwest District, MontroseBOSTWICK PARK
12 September 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreSouthwest District, MontroseBOSTWICK
11 September 1994Naturalunder an acreSouthwest District, MontroseORCHARD
6 August 2008Naturalunder an acreSouthwest District, MontroseSHINN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Montrose County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Lujane: 5 unknowns, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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
UnknownFluorine-FluoriteUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel

Every working recorded in Montrose 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
Cedar Creek1.2 miles20
Fairview3.7 miles17
Montrose7.6 miles17
Vernal8.4 miles17
Uncompahgre8.8 miles17
Cimarron9.9 miles18
Oak Grove10.5 miles17
Roe11.7 miles16

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.

Wikidata item Q122595388The 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 188158. 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.