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Nast, Colorado

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Aspen census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81642. It stands on Ivanhoe Creek. The Survey maps it on the Nast quadrangle.

Nast within Pitkin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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

8 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Nast between 1994 and 2006, burning about 48 acres in total. 3 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
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2

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
26 September 1998Power generation/transmission/distribution5.0 acresWhite River National ForestNORTH FORK
21 September 2003Power generation/transmission/distribution1.5 acresWhite River National ForestELK WALLOW
5 August 2002Naturalunder an acreWhite River National ForestFRYING PAN
18 July 1997Naturalunder an acreWhite River National ForestMT YECKEL
16 July 2006Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWhite River National ForestELK WALLOW
16 July 2005Natural31 acresWhite River National ForestFRYING PAN WFU
5 May 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresWhite River National ForestNORTH FORK
31 October 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWhite River National ForestBOO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pitkin County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Nast: 3 producers, 2 prospects. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Silver, Gold. 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
Cunningham TunnelLead, SilverProspect
Tellurium LodeGold, LeadProspect
Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Pitkin 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
Norrie3.7 miles18
Biglow5.0 miles18
Thomasville7.2 miles18
Meredith8.4 miles18
Lenado9.2 miles26
Independence (historical)12.7 miles20
Aspen13.4 miles26
Woody Creek15.2 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 179779. 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.