BlockMay Valley, Colorado
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Lamar census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81052. The Survey maps it on the May Valley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 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.
- 1892 USGS Lamar quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1954 USGS Lamar quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS May Valley quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Lamar quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Lamar quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Lamar quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
82 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of May Valley between 1994 and 2015, burning about 2,826 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined | 50 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 acres | Prowers County | not named |
| 12 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Prowers County | not named |
| 6 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 4 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 4 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Prowers County | not named |
| 4 August 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Prowers County | not named |
| 4 August 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Prowers County | not named |
| 28 August 1994 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Prowers County | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of May Valley: 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. 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.
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 195438. 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.