Rago, Colorado
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Akron census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80723. The Survey maps it on the Rago quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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 Sterling quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Sterling quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Rago quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Fort Morgan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
8 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Rago between 2011 and 2016, burning about 131 acres in total. None 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 | 8 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | AKRON |
| 18 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | AKRON |
| 8 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southwest Washington County Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 25 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | AKRON |
| 21 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | AKRON |
| 20 March 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | AKRON |
| 18 March 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 120 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | AKRON |
| 12 October 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | AKRON |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 183014. 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.



