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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.

Querida within Custer County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 26 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

23 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined9
Natural8
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
4 August 2011Naturalunder an acreRoyal Gorge Field OfficeROSITA HILLS
26 August 2014Naturalunder an acreRoyal Gorge Field OfficeBEAR PEAK
25 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWet Mountain Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
25 August 1997Naturalunder an acreRoyal Gorge Field OfficeBEAR PEAK
8 July 2020Natural1.0 acresCuster CountyBASSICK
6 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWet Mountain Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
4 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWet Mountain Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
22 July 2016Natural3.0 acresWet Mountain Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Custer County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 121 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Barite LodeThorium, Silver, Lead, CopperProspect1951
Barite Lode 2Thorium, Lead, Copper, Silver, UraniumProspect1951
Bassick MineSilver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper, TelluriumPast Producer1877, 1878, 1958
Big Stake Nickel DepositGold, Nickel, Silver, CobaltProspect1932
Blue Bird ClaimThorium, Barium-BariteProspect1952
Democrat Hill depositPotassium, Silver, Aluminum, Gold, Lead, ZincPast Producer1890
Dolly VardenZinc, Silver, LeadProspectvein
Elizabeth ProspectSilver, Gold, Copper, IronProspect1882, 1900
G.W. and Antrim ClaimsThorium, Lead, Niobium (Columbium), Gold, Silver, UraniumPast Producer1954
Haputa RanchGold, Thorium, REE, Barium-Barite, LeadProspect1950

Every working recorded in Custer 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
Rosita2.0 miles24
Cold Spring5.1 miles24
Silver Cliff6.0 miles23
Westcliffe7.0 miles23
McKenzie Junction8.1 miles24
Ula (historical)9.0 miles23
Tanglewood Acres12.2 miles20
Fairview13.1 miles23

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 QueridaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7271365The 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.