BlockOccidental, Colorado
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the La Veta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81055. It lies near Cross Mountain. The Survey maps it on the La Veta quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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.
- 1889 USGS Huerfano Park quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Huerfano Park quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS La Veta quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1982 USGS Blanca Peak quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
23 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Occidental between 1992 and 2019, burning about 57 acres in total. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Royal Gorge Field Office | MT MAESTES |
| 1 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | LA VETA |
| 7 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | LA VETA |
| 5 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | HOPE GULCH |
| 25 August 2000 | Natural | 3.5 acres | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | INDIAN CREEK |
| 20 August 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | San Juan National Forest | ASPEN RESERVOIR |
| 14 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | LA VETA |
| 13 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | LA VETA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Occidental: 6 past producers, 3 prospects, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Uranium, Vanadium, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hall Property | Vanadium, Uranium, Copper | Occurrence | Carnotite, Malachite | |
| Lone Pine, Ojo | Copper, Vanadium, Uranium | Occurrence | Coal | |
| Mcguire Lode | Uranium, Copper, Vanadium | Prospect | Carnotite, Malachite, Calciovolborthite | |
| Parks Lode Claim | Copper, Uranium, Vanadium | Prospect | Tyuyamunite, Azurite, Malachite | |
| City Slicker Mine | Vanadium, Uranium | Past Producer | Carnotite | |
| Independent Claim | Copper, Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Goemmer | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Sand and Gravel | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | 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 192802. 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.