Red Wing, Colorado
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Gardner census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81040. It lies near Point of Rocks. The Survey maps it on the Red Wing quadrangle. It stands 7,726 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1889 USGS Huerfano Park quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Huerfano Park quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Red Wing quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Blanca Peak quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
- 2001 USGS Red Wing quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
9 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Red Wing between 1993 and 2020, burning about 4 acres in total. 4 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 | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Royal Gorge Field Office | 560 ROAD |
| 20 July 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Huerfano County | not named |
| 14 July 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Royal Gorge Field Office | 1333 |
| 30 June 2007 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Royal Gorge Field Office | DEEP CANYON |
| 15 May 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 24 February 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Huerfano County | not named |
| 12 December 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Huerfano County | not named |
| 12 November 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Huerfano County | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Red Wing: 1 prospect, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Vanadium, Copper, Gold, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butler Claims | Gold, Silver | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Mcintire Property | Uranium, Vanadium, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Santa Rosa Claim | Uranium, Vanadium, Copper | Past Producer | Autunite, Azurite, Malachite |
Storms near this place
9 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Red Wing in 9 storm reports between 2004 and 2021: 7 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2019 | Flash Flood | Red Wing | $5,000 | Huerfano County Emergency Manager reports Pass Creek Road has been washed out due to flash flooding from the Spring burn scar. |
| July 2021 | Heavy Rain | Red Wing | - | Heavy rainfall of 1.00 inches, on the Spring Burn scar. |
| July 2020 | Flash Flood | Red Wing | - | Road was closed due to 3 feet of rock and debris covering the road. |
| August 2019 | Flash Flood | Red Wing | - | Huerfano County EM reported CR 572 has become impassable due to flash flooding and debris flow. |
| August 2018 | Flash Flood | Red Wing | - | Thunderstorm development created heavy precipitation over the Pass, South Oak, Yellowstone, and North Abeyta Creeks. The Huerfano County Emergency Manager provided a delayed report of evidence for flash flooding over County Road 572 near Pass Creek. |
| August 2018 | Flash Flood | Red Wing | - | Thunderstorm development created heavy precipitation over Pass Creek. The Huerfano County Emergency Manager provided a delayed report of evidence for flash flooding over County Road 572 near Pass Creek. |
| July 2018 | Flash Flood | Red Wing | - | A second round of convection over the Spring Burn Scar produced heavy rain over the Pass Creek, South Oak Creek, and Yellowstone Creek just north of Red Wing, Colorado. Huerfano County Emergency Manager delivered delayed reports of flash flooding over the highlighted region. |
| July 2018 | Flash Flood | Red Wing | - | As reported by a CoCoRaHS observer, major flooding on pass creek, at mile marker 3. Another description was that there was a 15 acre meadow moving with water, logs, and debris. |
| August 2004 | Hail | Red Wing | - | no account filed |
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.
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 Red Wing | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q54888746 | 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 192669. 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.









