Querida, Colorado
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Westcliffe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81252. It lies near Bassick Hill. The Survey maps it on the Mount Tyndall quadrangle. It stands 8,986 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 26 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.
- 1889 USGS Canon City quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1892 USGS Canon City quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1892 USGS Canyon City quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Mount Tyndall quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Canon City quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Mount Tyndall quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
23 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Querida between 1992 and 2020, burning about 556 acres in total. 8 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 | 9 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Royal Gorge Field Office | ROSITA HILLS |
| 26 August 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Royal Gorge Field Office | BEAR PEAK |
| 25 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wet Mountain Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 25 August 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Royal Gorge Field Office | BEAR PEAK |
| 8 July 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Custer County | BASSICK |
| 6 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wet Mountain Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 4 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wet Mountain Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 22 July 2016 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Wet Mountain Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 121 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 121 workings within 5 miles of Querida: 63 past producers, 44 prospects, 8 occurrences, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Thorium, Iron, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barite Lode | Thorium, Silver, Lead, Copper | Prospect | 1951 | |
| Barite Lode 2 | Thorium, Lead, Copper, Silver, Uranium | Prospect | 1951 | |
| Bassick Mine | Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Tellurium | Past Producer | 1877, 1878, 1958 | |
| Big Stake Nickel Deposit | Gold, Nickel, Silver, Cobalt | Prospect | 1932 | |
| Blue Bird Claim | Thorium, Barium-Barite | Prospect | 1952 | |
| Democrat Hill deposit | Potassium, Silver, Aluminum, Gold, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | 1890 | |
| Dolly Varden | Zinc, Silver, Lead | Prospect | vein | |
| Elizabeth Prospect | Silver, Gold, Copper, Iron | Prospect | 1882, 1900 | |
| G.W. and Antrim Claims | Thorium, Lead, Niobium (Columbium), Gold, Silver, Uranium | Past Producer | 1954 | |
| Haputa Ranch | Gold, Thorium, REE, Barium-Barite, Lead | Prospect | 1950 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rosita | 2.0 miles | 24 | |
| Cold Spring | 5.1 miles | 24 | |
| Silver Cliff | 6.0 miles | 23 | |
| Westcliffe | 7.0 miles | 23 | |
| McKenzie Junction | 8.1 miles | 24 | |
| Ula (historical) | 9.0 miles | 23 | |
| Tanglewood Acres | 12.2 miles | 20 | |
| Fairview | 13.1 miles | 23 |
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 Querida | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7271365 | 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 203574. 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.











