BlockMariano, Colorado
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Ute Mountain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81321. The Survey maps it on the Mariano Wash East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 10 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.
- 1956 USGS Cortez quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Cortez quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Sentinel Peak NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1959 USGS Cortez quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Cortez quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Cortez quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Mariano Wash East quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Cortez quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
51 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Mariano between 1993 and 2017, burning about 148 acres in total. 37 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 37 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ute Mountain Ute Agency | BLK1000#2 |
| 30 September 2000 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Ute Mountain Ute Agency | SLEEPNKNEE |
| 3 September 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Ute Mountain Ute Agency | SLICKROCK |
| 3 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ute Mountain Ute Agency | BLOCK1000 |
| 14 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Ute Mountain Ute Agency | EASTHERM |
| 5 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Ute Mountain Ute Agency | TOE |
| 30 August 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ute Mountain Ute Agency | BLK1000#3 |
| 29 August 1996 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Ute Mountain Ute Agency | BLK1000#2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Towaoc | 7.8 miles | 9 | |
| Badger House Community (historical) | 18.0 miles | 12 | |
| Cortez | 19.2 miles | 11 | |
| Echo House (historical) | 19.8 miles | 12 | |
| Swallows Nest (historical) | 21.5 miles | 25 | |
| Arriola | 21.8 miles | 12 | |
| Lebanon | 24.3 miles | 10 | |
| Lewis | 24.6 miles | 12 |
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 Q122547352 | 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 179161. 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.