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Nutria, Colorado

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Arboles census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81147. It lies near Martinez Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Lonetree Canyon quadrangle.

Nutria within Archuleta County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

285 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 285 fires within 5 miles of Nutria between 1992 and 2020, burning about 105 acres in total. 74 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined144
Natural74
Recreation and ceremony46
Smoking7
Debris and open burning6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Arson/incendiarism2
Fireworks1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
8 September 2017Naturalunder an acreArchuleta County OfficeCIMORONA FIRE
7 September 2002Naturalunder an acreSouthern Ute AgencyBRADLEY
4 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePagosa Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
30 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePagosa Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
3 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePagosa Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
3 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePagosa Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
25 September 2018Smokingunder an acrePagosa Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
25 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSan Juan National ForestNEWT JACK #8

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Archuleta County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Nutria: 5 occurrences, 1 past producer, 1 unknown, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Calcium, Feldspar, Uranium, 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Sunetha Anticline ClaimsUranium, VanadiumProspect
Sunetha Claim GroupUranium, VanadiumOccurrenceCarnotite
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSand and Gravel
Meadows PropertyFeldsparPast Producer
Oak Grove RanchFeldsparUnknown
Oak Grove Ranch PropertyCalciumOccurrenceVein
Seavy Ranch PropertyCalciumOccurrence1938, 1941
Sunetha AnticlineUraniumOccurrenceCarnotite

Every working recorded in Archuleta 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
Dyke3.7 miles21
Altura4.8 miles21
Lonetree5.0 miles21
Pagosa Springs6.7 miles19
Kearns7.1 miles21
Trujillo9.9 miles21
Treasure10.2 miles27
Piedra11.4 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 184530. 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.