BlockNorthdale, Colorado
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Dove Creek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81324. It lies near White Flats Draw. The Survey maps it on the Northdale quadrangle. It stands 6,664 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 21 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.
- 1886 USGS Abajo quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Abajo quadrangle1:250000
- 1893 USGS Abajo quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Cortez quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Eastland quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Cortez quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Cortez quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Verdure 1 SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Cortez quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Cortez quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Blanding quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Northdale quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
38 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Northdale between 1995 and 2020, burning about 778 acres in total. 30 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 30 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | N.O. CEDAR POINT |
| 6 August 2009 | Natural | 660 acres | Moab Field Office | LOCKERBY |
| 29 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | UCOLO |
| 28 August 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Moab Field Office | 377 RD |
| 26 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Moab Field Office | NORTH COAL BED |
| 23 August 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Moab Field Office | NORTH OLD HIGHWAY |
| 23 August 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | OLD HWY |
| 23 August 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SECTION 34 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Northdale: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Vanadium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson Shaft | Uranium, Vanadium | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dove Creek | 6.6 miles | 12 | |
| Cahone | 15.2 miles | 11 | |
| Dunton | 49.0 miles | 15 | |
| Rico | 52.9 miles | 19 |
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 Q116686506 | The 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 176267. 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.