BlockOak Grove, Colorado
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Montrose census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81403. The Survey maps it on the Montrose West quadrangle.
On record in Oak Grove
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Fetz-Keller Ranch Headquarterslisted 2021 · 0.4 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1909 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:125000
- 1911 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Montrose West quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1968 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
421 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 421 fires within 5 miles of Oak Grove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 785 acres in total. 14 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 | 291 |
| Debris and open burning | 35 |
| Smoking | 28 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Montrose Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 7 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 7 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 7 September 2018 | Smoking | under an acre | Montrose Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 3 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Montrose Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 25 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 25 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Montrose Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 2 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Montrose Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 27 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Oak Grove: 11 unknowns, 8 past producers, 6 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coltoc Mine | Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Poughkeepsie Mill | Lead, Zinc, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Producer | ||
| Clay Pit | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Clay Pit | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Dolores Placer | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Good Bye Dan | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Placer | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Red Canon | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Corey Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past 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 188108. 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.