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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.

Meyers Corner within Larimer County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 29 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

149 since 2003

Regional 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/undetermined116
Equipment and vehicle use8
Debris and open burning7
Smoking5
Fireworks3
Arson/incendiarism3
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony2

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
7 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined16 acresWellington Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
3 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePoudre Fire AuthorityUNKNOWN
26 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersWELLINGTON
26 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
23 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
23 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
19 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
15 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Larimer County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Boettcher Cement PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSedimentary

Every working recorded in Larimer 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
Wellington2.5 miles29
Giddings3.3 miles29
Kenyon Corner3.4 miles29
Black Hollow Junction5.0 miles29
Andersonville5.5 miles29
Sinnard5.6 miles29
Waverly5.6 miles29
Buckingham5.9 miles29

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 Q122547762The 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.