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Peeples, Colorado

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Delta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81416. It lies near Beaver Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Dominguez quadrangle.

Peeples within Delta County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

36 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Peeples between 1992 and 2020, burning about 634 acres in total. 18 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
Natural18
Equipment and vehicle use7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2
Debris and open burning1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
4 September 1993Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionHWY 50
14 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersWHITEWATER
9 August 2020Naturalunder an acreUncompahgre Field OfficeAROMATIC
9 August 2020Naturalunder an acreGrand Junction Field OfficeDOMINGUEZ
7 August 1993Naturalunder an acreSouthwest District, MontroseLEONARDS
30 August 2010Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionLONG MESA
30 August 2008Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNorthwest District, Grand JunctionJACK FLAT
28 August 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionMERIDIAN 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Delta County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Peeples: 2 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fire Clay (Refractory), Clay, Uranium. 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
UnknownFire Clay (Refractory)Occurrence
Unnamed MineClayUnknown
Unnamed MineUraniumUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSand and Gravel

Every working recorded in Delta 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
Broughton1.0 miles15
Dominguez2.0 miles15
Escalante6.1 miles15
Huff6.4 miles15
Keyhole9.1 miles17
North Delta15.1 miles16
Delta15.5 miles16
Saunders18.1 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 185368. 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.