BlockRand, Colorado
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Walden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80473. It stands on Rock Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rand quadrangle. It stands 8,627 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 18 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 Craig quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Rand quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Rand quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Steamboat Springs quadrangle1:100000
- 2000 USGS Rand quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
5 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Rand between 1992 and 2018, burning about 1 acre in total. 3 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 | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | not named |
| 14 August 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | WILLOW CAMP |
| 9 July 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | WILLOW CREEK |
| 27 July 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Craig | GREEN RID |
| 23 October 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | WILCOX |
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 Rand: 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. 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 | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
3 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rand in 3 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 death. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Lightning | Rand | 1 killed, $85,000 | A lightning strike killed a 51 year old man while he was feeding his herd. In addition, 34 cattle were killed as well. Estimated that each cow cost $2,500. |
| May 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Rand | - | A tornado touched down in open country for several minutes. No damage was observed. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rand | - | Thunderstorm winds, estimated at 50 mph (43 knots) uprooted several trees in Rand (34 miles east southeast of Steamboat Springs). |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Homestead | 2.2 miles | 18 | |
| Gould | 9.6 miles | 18 | |
| Stelbars Lindland | 10.4 miles | 18 | |
| Larand | 13.0 miles | 17 | |
| Bockman Lumber Camp | 13.5 miles | 22 | |
| Willey Lumber Camp | 15.3 miles | 22 | |
| Hebron | 15.5 miles | 15 | |
| Coalmont | 15.8 miles | 15 |
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 Rand | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7291416 | 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 172876. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.