Meyers Corner, Colorado
29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Timnath-Wellington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80524. The Survey maps it on the Wellington quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 29 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.
- 1906 USGS Fort Collins quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1907 USGS Livermore quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1908 USGS Fort Collins quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1909 USGS Livermore quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Wellington quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1961 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Fort Collins quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
149 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 149 fires within 5 miles of Meyers Corner between 2003 and 2020, burning about 125 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 116 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 acres | Wellington Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 3 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Poudre Fire Authority | UNKNOWN |
| 26 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | WELLINGTON |
| 26 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 23 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 23 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 19 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 15 September 2003 | 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:
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 Meyers Corner: 2 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boettcher Cement Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Sedimentary |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wellington | 2.5 miles | 29 | |
| Giddings | 3.3 miles | 29 | |
| Kenyon Corner | 3.4 miles | 29 | |
| Black Hollow Junction | 5.0 miles | 29 | |
| Andersonville | 5.5 miles | 29 | |
| Sinnard | 5.6 miles | 29 | |
| Waverly | 5.6 miles | 29 | |
| Buckingham | 5.9 miles | 29 |
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 Q122547762 | 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 177233. 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.











