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Matthews, Colorado

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Kersey-Gill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80624. The Survey maps it on the Barnesville quadrangle.

Matthews within Weld County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

23 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Matthews between 2011 and 2020, burning about 72 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 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/undetermined15
Smoking4
Natural2
Debris and open burning1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
4 August 2020Natural17 acresGaleton Fire Protection DistrictN/A
4 August 2020Natural50 acresBriggsdale Fire DepartmentN/A
25 July 2018Smokingunder an acreGaleton Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
25 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersGILL
7 June 2018Smokingunder an acreGaleton Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
29 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGaleton Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
29 June 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersEATON
28 June 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersEATON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Weld County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Matthews: 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitSand 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
Barnesville1.0 miles14
Gill2.9 miles18
Alden4.7 miles18
Lowe5.3 miles18
Cornish5.4 miles14
Galeton5.5 miles18
Cloverly7.0 miles21
Spanish Village7.1 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 180672. 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.