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Maloy, Colorado

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Johnstown-Milliken census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80651. The Survey maps it on the Gowanda quadrangle.

Maloy within Weld County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

155 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 155 fires within 5 miles of Maloy between 1993 and 2020, burning about 44 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined120
Arson/incendiarism9
Debris and open burning8
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking2
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersWELD (COUNTY)
7 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMountain View Fire Protection DistrictN/A
6 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBerthoud Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
30 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMountain View Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
25 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMountain View Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
12 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBerthoud Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
5 August 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMountain View Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
28 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMountain View Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Weld 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 Maloy: 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Helmer BrosSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel

Every working recorded in Weld 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
Walker1.7 miles20
Mead1.7 miles21
Highland Lake2.4 miles23
Liberty3.4 miles23
Bunyan4.3 miles20
Gowanda4.6 miles21
Kirkland4.6 miles23
Wildcat4.6 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 180777. 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.