BlockPowder Wash, Colorado
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Maybell-Powder Wash census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81625. The Survey maps it on the Powder Wash quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1954 USGS Vernal quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Vernal quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Vernal quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Powder Wash quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Canyon Of Lodore quadrangle1:100000
- 1979 USGS Canyon of Lodore quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
13 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Powder Wash between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,157 acres in total. 11 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2003 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Northwest District, Craig | ACE IN THE |
| 25 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Craig | SODA FLATS |
| 1 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Craig | LANG |
| 30 July 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Craig | ACE |
| 30 July 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Craig | PUMPING |
| 20 July 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Craig | 77 |
| 17 July 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Craig | WOOPS |
| 4 June 2012 | Natural | 1,154 acres | Northwest District, Craig | ACE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Powder Wash: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. 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 | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hiawatha | 16.6 miles | 9 | |
| Offield Place | 18.8 miles | 9 | |
| Sunbeam | 27.9 miles | 13 | |
| Greystone | 30.1 miles | 11 | |
| Maybell | 31.8 miles | 14 | |
| Wilson Place | 33.4 miles | 14 | |
| Lay | 36.8 miles | 13 | |
| Craig Place | 37.5 miles | 13 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122553337 | 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 169712. 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.