Pictou, Colorado
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Walsenburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81089. It lies near Walsen Crag. The Survey maps it on the Walsenburg North quadrangle. It stands 6,280 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 15 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 Walsenburg quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Walsenburg quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Walsenburg quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1900 USGS Walsenburg quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Walsenburg North quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Walsenburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
87 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Pictou between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,805 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 30 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 42 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 30 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Huerfano County | not named |
| 23 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | WALSENBURG |
| 20 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Huerfano County | not named |
| 19 September 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Huerfano County | not named |
| 18 September 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Huerfano County | not named |
| 29 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | WALSENBURG |
| 11 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 7 July 1994 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Huerfano County | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Pictou: 10 past producers, 3 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Coal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Coal | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Huerfano Granite Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Kirkpatrick Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Sand and Gravel | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Sand and Gravel | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maitland | 1.6 miles | 15 | |
| Walsenburg | 2.0 miles | 18 | |
| Delcarbon | 6.1 miles | 15 | |
| Strong | 6.9 miles | 15 | |
| Cuchara Junction | 7.0 miles | 16 | |
| Tioga | 7.3 miles | 15 | |
| Alamo | 7.8 miles | 15 | |
| Monson | 10.3 miles | 17 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Pictou | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27988065 | 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 194254. 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.










