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Old Fort Bent, Colorado

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Cheraw census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81050. It stands on Vandiver Arroyo. The Survey maps it on the Hadley quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Old Fort Bent within Otero County

On record in Old Fort Bent

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 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

57 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Old Fort Bent (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,357 acres in total. 3 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/undetermined42
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking3
Natural3
Debris and open burning2
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes1

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
27 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresBents Old Fort National Historic SiteOX BOW
18 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLa Junta Rural Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
17 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersLA JUNTA
14 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
7 July 1994Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresSan Miguel Countynot named
6 July 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLa Junta Rural Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
4 July 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLa Junta Rural Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
17 July 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLa Junta Rural Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Otero County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Old Fort Bent (historical): 7 unknowns, 7 occurrences, 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Otero 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
Hadley1.4 miles15
Casa3.1 miles15
Castiel4.9 miles15
La Junta Village5.4 miles16
North La Junta6.2 miles18
Cheraw6.3 miles16
La Junta Gardens7.2 miles18
La Junta7.2 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 195507. 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.