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Omega, Colorado

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Fort Collins census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80526. The Survey maps it on the Fort Collins quadrangle.

Omega within Larimer County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 29 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

560 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 560 fires within 5 miles of Omega between 2003 and 2019, burning about 1,351 acres in total. 6 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/undetermined483
Smoking28
Equipment and vehicle use22
Debris and open burning7
Fireworks6
Natural6
Recreation and ceremony5
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
5 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePoudre Fire AuthorityUNKNOWN
4 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePoudre Fire AuthorityUNKNOWN
4 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePoudre Fire AuthorityUNKNOWN
4 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePoudre Fire AuthorityUNKNOWN
4 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePoudre Fire AuthorityUNKNOWN
30 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePoudre Fire AuthorityUNKNOWN
30 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePoudre Fire AuthorityUNKNOWN
30 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersFORT COLLINS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Larimer County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Omega: 14 producers, 7 occurrences, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. 14 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Fire Clay (Refractory), Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Graphite Nos 1 To 7GraphiteProducer
UnknownClayOccurrence
Colo Lien CompanyStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Fort CollinsStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
State LeaseStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnknownGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrenceSedimentary
UnknownGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrenceSedimentary
UnknownFire Clay (Refractory)Occurrence
UnknownFire Clay (Refractory)Occurrence
UnknownFire Clay (Refractory)Occurrence

Every working recorded in Larimer 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
McClellands0.8 miles29
Drakes1.0 miles29
Harmony2.3 miles29
Trilby Corner3.1 miles28
Fort Collins3.2 miles29
Buckingham3.6 miles29
Andersonville3.9 miles29
Arrowhead4.0 miles29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 177432. 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.