BlockNoland, Colorado
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Longmont census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80503. It lies near Beech Hill. The Survey maps it on the Pinewood Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 20 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.
- 1905 USGS Mount Olympus quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1907 USGS Mount Olympus quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1907 USGS Mt. Olympus quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Pinewood Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Rattlesnake Reservoir quadrangle1:24000
- 1964 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Estes Park quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
96 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Noland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,432 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 5 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 | 61 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | LITTLE NARROWS |
| 29 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Berthoud Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 26 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lyons Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 26 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Berthoud Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 12 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-Boulder District | not named |
| 12 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-Boulder District | not named |
| 8 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Hygiene Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 6 August 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Allenspark Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 47 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 47 workings within 5 miles of Noland: 30 past producers, 11 producers, 6 occurrences. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Flagstone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bat Claim No. 1 | Copper, Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Denver Rock Quarry | Tungsten | Past Producer | ||
| Howe | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Larimer Quarry | Stone | Producer | ||
| Ohline | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Sisk Mine | Flagstone, Uranium | Past Producer | 1956 | |
| Sisk Property | Uranium, Molybdenum, Graphite | Occurrence | Graphite, Molybdenite, Pitchblende | |
| Unknown | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Loukonen Bros Silica Mine | Silica | Producer | ||
| Silica Quarry | Silica | Producer |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 178034. 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.