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Rex, Colorado

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Timnath-Wellington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80535. It lies near Campbell Valley. The Survey maps it on the Livermore quadrangle.

Rex within Larimer County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

28 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Rex between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,680 acres in total. 9 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/undetermined11
Natural9
Smoking5
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
9 September 2017Smoking1.5 acresLivermore Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLivermore Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
27 September 1994Smokingunder an acreLarimer Countynot named
20 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
7 August 2001Naturalunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandBONNER PEAK
6 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLivermore Fire Protection DistrictN/A
25 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
7 July 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreLivermore Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Larimer County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Rex: 12 occurrences, 6 producers, 3 past producers, 1 unknown. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Nickel. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Echo GlenBerylliumProducer
Owl Canyon MineGypsum-Anhydrite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Rex QuarryCalciumProducer
Sheep Draw QuarrySilicaProducer
Unnamed PitClayProducer
Davis Nickel ProspectNickelPast Producer
Treasure Hill MineNickelOccurrence
Treasure Hill MineNickelPast Producer
UnknownLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
UnknownLimestone, GeneralProducer

Every working recorded in Larimer 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
Owl Canyon1.8 miles19
Livermore2.1 miles19
Buckeye5.1 miles20
Waverly6.5 miles29
Poudre Park9.8 miles17
Bulger10.4 miles15
Wellington10.7 miles29
Bellvue11.2 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 170175. 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.