BlockMesa Lakes, Colorado
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Collbran census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81643. It sits by Spruce Point. The Survey maps it on the Mesa Lakes quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1955 USGS Mesa Lakes quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Skyway quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Grand Junction quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Grand Junction quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Grand Junction quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Grand Junction quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Grand Junction quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Grand Junction quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Grand Junction quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
30 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Mesa Lakes between 1992 and 2017, burning about 8 acres in total. 11 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | GRIFFITH |
| 4 September 2017 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | CARSON |
| 26 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | LANDS END |
| 20 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | WATERDOG |
| 17 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | DEEP CREEK |
| 14 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | GRIFFITH LAKE |
| 9 August 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | GRIFFITH LAKE |
| 2 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | TOW TRUCK |
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 Mesa Lakes: 2 past producers, 1 unknown. 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ut Dept of Hwys Pit No 14109 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Ut Dept of Hwys Pit No 14110 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ut Dept of Hwys Pit No 14111 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mesa Lakes Resort | 0.1 miles | 16 | |
| John Held Corner | 6.4 miles | 16 | |
| Mesa | 8.4 miles | 16 | |
| Molina | 9.8 miles | 15 | |
| Cameo | 13.9 miles | 16 | |
| Plateau City | 14.2 miles | 13 | |
| Palisade | 14.3 miles | 15 | |
| Collbran | 14.9 miles | 13 |
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 Q122565763 | 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 174677. 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.