Parras Plaza, Colorado
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Weston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81091. It lies near Parras Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Vigil quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 21 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.
- 1891 USGS Spanish Peaks quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Spanish Peaks quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Spanish Peaks quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Spanish Peaks quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1900 USGS Spanish Peaks quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Vigil quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
56 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Parras Plaza between 1992 and 2018, burning about 34 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Stonewall Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 29 September 2014 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Stonewall Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 4 August 2015 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Stonewall Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 15 August 2015 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Stonewall Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 15 August 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Las Animas County | not named |
| 8 July 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Stonewall Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 3 July 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Stonewall Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 16 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | WESTON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vigil | 1.4 miles | 21 | |
| Zamara | 2.5 miles | 21 | |
| Stonewall | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Stonewall Gap | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Monument Park | 5.2 miles | 11 | |
| Weston | 6.5 miles | 21 | |
| Cordova Plaza | 7.4 miles | 21 | |
| Tercio | 8.9 miles | 21 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122542018 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 194610. 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.













