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Madrid, Colorado

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Weston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81082. It lies in Madrid Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Madrid quadrangle. It stands 6,286 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Madrid within Las Animas County

On record in Madrid

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 21 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

37 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Madrid (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 31 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 4 were 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/undetermined21
Natural10
Arson/incendiarism4
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
11 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreLas Animas Countynot named
10 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreLas Animas Countynot named
26 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreStonewall Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
2 August 2013Natural3.0 acresSpanish Peaks / Boncarbo Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
9 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSpanish Peaks / Boncarbo Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
17 July 2020Naturalunder an acreFishers Peak Fire Protection DistrictN/A
12 July 2013Naturalunder an acreSpanish Peaks / Boncarbo Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
9 June 2017Natural1.0 acresStonewall Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Las Animas 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 Madrid (historical): 3 producers, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Trinidad MineClayProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

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
Tijeras1.2 miles21
Cokedale1.6 miles24
Viola (historical)2.2 miles24
Valdez3.2 miles23
Sopris Plaza (historical)3.6 miles24
Sopris (historical)4.1 miles24
Sequndo4.3 miles23
Saint Thomas (historical)4.5 miles24

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 Madrid (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6728602The 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 194645. 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.