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Patterson Place, Colorado

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Somerset census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81434. It stands on Henderson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bull Mountain quadrangle.

Patterson Place within Gunnison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

6 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Patterson Place between 1999 and 2012, burning about 36 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
Natural3
Debris and open burning2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
9 September 2000Naturalunder an acreGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National ForestsGOOSEBERRY
18 July 2006Natural1.0 acresGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National ForestsCLEAR FORK
1 July 2006Naturalunder an acreSouthwest District, MontroseBALD EAGLE MINE
9 April 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionSUBSTATION
8 April 2012Debris and open burning35 acresGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National ForestsLITTLE HENDERSON
14 November 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National ForestsMCCLURE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gunnison 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
Harry Parker Place5.1 miles14
Marble12.5 miles13
Somerset13.2 miles21
Crystal17.2 miles17
Pittsburg21.9 miles27
Elkton22.8 miles27
Irwin23.7 miles26
Ruby24.2 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 175487. 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.