Morgan, Colorado

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the La Jara census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81140. The Survey maps it on the Capulin quadrangle.

Morgan within Conejos County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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.

1922 USGS Conejos quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1945 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1953 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
1954 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1961 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
1966 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1968 USGS Capulin quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1985 USGS Antonito quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

31 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Morgan between 1993 and 2020, burning about 60 acres in total. None 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	16
Recreation and ceremony	5
Smoking	4
Arson/incendiarism	3
Debris and open burning	2
Equipment and vehicle use	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
13 August 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	La Jara Fire Department	UNKNOWN
30 July 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Carmel Fire Department	UNKNOWN
2 June 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	La Jara Fire Department	UNKNOWN
15 June 1993	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Conejos County Office	not named
10 June 2016	Equipment and vehicle use	5.0 acres	Carmel Fire Department	UNKNOWN
8 May 2010	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters	not named
7 May 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters	ALAMOSA
7 May 1994	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Conejos County Office	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Conejos County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Morgan: 4 producers, 2 occurrences. 4 still produce. 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence	Sand and Gravel
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence	Sand and Gravel

Every working recorded in Conejos 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
La Jara	4.8 miles	11
Richfield	5.3 miles	11
Capulin	5.7 miles	19
Bountiful	7.2 miles	11
Centro	7.4 miles	18
Sanford	7.8 miles	11
Romeo	10.9 miles	11
Manassa	11.5 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 190802. 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.