BlockPiñon, Colorado
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Pueblo West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81008. The Survey maps it on the Pinon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 20 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 Pueblo quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1896 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Pinon quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
5 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Piñon between 2013 and 2018, burning under an acre in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Pueblo Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 26 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Pueblo West Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 19 January 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Pueblo Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 19 January 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado Springs Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 11 January 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Pueblo Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Piñon: 3 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bragdon | 2.2 miles | 20 | |
| Wild Horse | 7.9 miles | 28 | |
| Eden | 8.1 miles | 24 | |
| Pueblo West | 8.4 miles | 28 | |
| Fearnowville | 10.9 miles | 24 | |
| Goodnight | 12.3 miles | 28 | |
| Pueblo | 12.3 miles | 24 | |
| Baxter | 12.5 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 193900. 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.