BlockLycan, Colorado
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Walsh census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81090. The Survey maps it on the Lycan quadrangle. It stands 3,865 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1891 USGS Albany quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Albany quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS La Junta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS La Junta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS La Junta quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Lycan quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Two Buttes Reservoir quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
5 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Lycan between 1993 and 2018, burning about 120 acres in total. 1 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 | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Walsh Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 14 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 30 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Walsh Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 18 April 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | 80 acres | Baca County Office | not named |
| 28 December 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
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 Lycan: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buckeye Crossroads | 5.5 miles | 14 | |
| Two Buttes | 11.1 miles | 14 | |
| Bartlett | 12.9 miles | 13 | |
| Walsh | 16.3 miles | 13 | |
| Vilas | 21.2 miles | 14 | |
| Stonington | 22.2 miles | 13 | |
| Springfield | 26.2 miles | 13 | |
| Midway | 32.2 miles | 13 |
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 Lycan | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3541418 | 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 196066. 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.