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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 20 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.
- 1909 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:125000
- 1911 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Cerro Summit quadrangle1:24000, 7 printings
- 1959 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
73 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 36 |
| Natural | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park | ASHES |
| 5 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Montrose Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 5 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Montrose Fire Protection District | not named |
| 21 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | BOSTWICK P |
| 14 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | BOSTWICK PARK |
| 12 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | BOSTWICK |
| 11 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | ORCHARD |
| 6 August 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | SHINN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Fluorine-Fluorite | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Creek | 1.2 miles | 20 | |
| Fairview | 3.7 miles | 17 | |
| Montrose | 7.6 miles | 17 | |
| Vernal | 8.4 miles | 17 | |
| Uncompahgre | 8.8 miles | 17 | |
| Cimarron | 9.9 miles | 18 | |
| Oak Grove | 10.5 miles | 17 | |
| Roe | 11.7 miles | 16 |
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 Q122595388 | The 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.







