Melina, Colorado

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Las Animas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81054. The Survey maps it on the Las Animas quadrangle.

Melina within Bent County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 18 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.

1891 USGS Las Animas quadrangle1:125000
1893 USGS Las Animas quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1953 USGS Las Animas quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
1954 USGS Lamar quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Lamar quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1981 USGS Las Animas quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

68 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Melina between 1994 and 2020, burning about 17,025 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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/undetermined	43
Debris and open burning	18
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Smoking	3

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
21 July 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Las Animas-Bent County Fire Department	UNKNOWN
18 June 2014	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Las Animas-Bent County Fire Department	UNKNOWN
17 June 2014	Equipment and vehicle use	40 acres	Las Animas-Bent County Fire Department	UNKNOWN
17 June 2014	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Las Animas-Bent County Fire Department	UNKNOWN
3 May 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	200 acres	Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters	not named
2 May 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5.0 acres	Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters	not named
10 May 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Las Animas-Bent County Fire Department	UNKNOWN
1 May 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bent County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Melina: 12 unknowns, 11 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Unk	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Unknown
Unk	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Unknown
Unknown	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Occurrence	Sedimentary
Unknown	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Occurrence	Sedimentary
Bent Builders	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown

Every working recorded in Bent 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Fort Lyon	1.9 miles	18
Las Animas Junction	2.6 miles	18
Las Animas	3.0 miles	18
Keller	3.3 miles	18
Boggsville	4.2 miles	18
Kreybill	4.7 miles	16
Cornelia	5.4 miles	15
Hilton	7.0 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 195521. 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.