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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.

Rago within Washington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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

8 since 2011

Regional 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/undetermined8

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
23 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersAKRON
18 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersAKRON
8 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwest Washington County Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
25 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersAKRON
21 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersAKRON
20 March 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersAKRON
18 March 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined120 acresColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersAKRON
12 October 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersAKRON

Every fire recorded in Washington 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
Woodrow9.4 miles8
Elba11.1 miles8
Xenia11.6 miles8
Pinneo14.4 miles8
Akron15.3 miles7
Midway15.5 miles8
Lindon18.1 miles8
Last Chance20.3 miles8

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.