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Ortiz, Colorado

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Antonito census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81120. The Survey maps it on the Antonito quadrangle.

Ortiz within Conejos County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

21 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Ortiz between 1993 and 2016, burning about 358 acres in total. 3 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
Debris and open burning5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Natural3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Recreation and ceremony3
Arson/incendiarism2
Fireworks1

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 July 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreRoyal Gorge Field OfficeRAILROAD 2
5 July 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreRio Grande National ForestRAILROAD #1
14 July 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreConejos County Officenot named
7 June 2003Natural1.0 acresTaos Field OfficeLOS PINOS
7 June 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreNorthern Pueblos AgencyCOTTONWOOD
6 June 2001Naturalunder an acreNorthern Pueblos AgencyPIZZA
3 June 2000Natural1.5 acresJicarilla AgencyMONTEZUMA
24 June 1996Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlbuquerque District OfficeLAVA2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Conejos County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Ortiz: 3 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Perlite, Pumice. 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
ProspectPumiceProspect
Johns-ManvillePerliteProducer
SilbricoPerliteProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSand and Gravel

Every working recorded in Conejos 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
San Antonio1.4 miles18
Paisaje4.5 miles18
Mogote4.6 miles18
Las Mesitas5.4 miles18
Antonito5.5 miles18
Conejos6.0 miles18
Cañon6.0 miles19
Guadalupe6.4 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 203508. 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.