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Piedmont, Colorado

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Trinidad census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81082. It lies near Carpios Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Trinidad West quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Piedmont within Las Animas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 24 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

96 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Piedmont (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 61 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined56
Natural15
Equipment and vehicle use7
Arson/incendiarism6
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Debris and open burning1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Fireworks1

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
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresStonewall Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
30 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTrinidad Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
29 September 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLas Animas Countynot named
25 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersTRINIDAD
19 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFishers Peak Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
13 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFishers Peak Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
11 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTrinidad Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
10 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreLas Animas Countynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Las Animas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Piedmont (historical): 5 producers, 4 past producers, 3 occurrences. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Leone Sand and GravelStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnknownFire Clay (Refractory)Occurrence
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
ClaypitClayPast Producer
ClaypitClayPast Producer
New Mary MineClayProducer
Santa Fe PitClayProducer
Summit Brick PlantClayProducer
Trinidad MineClayProducer

Every working recorded in Las Animas 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
Saint Thomas (historical)0.4 miles24
Sopris (historical)0.7 miles24
Sopris Plaza (historical)1.3 miles24
Jansen1.5 miles24
Starkville2.1 miles23
Viola (historical)2.6 miles24
Trinidad3.5 miles24
Cokedale3.7 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 194694. 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.