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Moseley, Colorado

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Fort Morgan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80701. The Survey maps it on the Lamb quadrangle.

Moseley within Morgan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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

105 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 105 fires within 5 miles of Moseley between 2011 and 2020, burning about 47 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined72
Equipment and vehicle use26
Smoking2
Fireworks1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Debris and open burning1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Natural1

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
3 September 2017Smokingunder an acreFort Morgan Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
2 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersFORT MORGAN
11 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBrush Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
31 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFort Morgan Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
28 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersFORT MORGAN
27 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersFORT MORGAN
27 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersFORT MORGAN
27 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersFORT MORGAN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Morgan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Moseley: 6 producers, 5 occurrences, 1 past producer. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Calcium. 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
Fort Morgan PlantCalciumProducer
Clay PitClayProducer
Clay PitClayProducer
UnknownClayOccurrence
UnknownClayOccurrenceSedimentary
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSand
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel

Every working recorded in Morgan 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
Hurley1.8 miles10
Fort Morgan2.4 miles10
Lodi2.7 miles11
Dodd3.6 miles11
Log Lane Village4.3 miles10
Nelson5.0 miles11
Lamb5.0 miles8
Brush6.9 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 182959. 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.