BlockRedmesa, Colorado
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Durango Southwest census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81326. It lies near Butch Henry Draw. The Survey maps it on the Redmesa quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1913 USGS Red Mesa quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Cortez quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Cortez quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Cortez quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Cortez quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Cortez quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Redmesa quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Cortez quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
145 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 145 fires within 5 miles of Redmesa between 1993 and 2020, burning about 560 acres in total. 97 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 | 97 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Ute Agency | CHERRY CREEK |
| 8 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fort Lewis-Mesa Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 6 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Ute Agency | FIVEPOINTS |
| 4 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Fort Lewis-Mesa Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 26 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fort Lewis-Mesa Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 21 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | HESPERUS |
| 20 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Southern Ute Agency | HARVEST |
| 15 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Fort Lewis-Mesa Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Redmesa in 5 storm reports between 2002 and 2013: 2 flash flood, 1 wildfire, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2013 | Hail | Redmesa | - | Ping pong ball sized hail was observed, along with strong winds which stripped leaves and branches from trees. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Redmesa | - | Ping pong sized hail also reported with the winds which stripped leaves and small branches off the trees. |
| July 2006 | Flash Flood | Redmesa | - | no account filed |
| September 2006 | Flash Flood | Redmesa | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Wildfire | Redmesa | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 204680. 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.
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.