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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 1907 USGS Livermore quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1909 USGS Livermore quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Livermore quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Fort Collins quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
28 since 1994Regional 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/undetermined | 11 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2017 | Smoking | 1.5 acres | Livermore Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 5 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Livermore Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 27 September 1994 | Smoking | under an acre | Larimer County | not named |
| 20 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 7 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | BONNER PEAK |
| 6 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Livermore Fire Protection District | N/A |
| 25 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 7 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Livermore Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 22 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Echo Glen | Beryllium | Producer | ||
| Owl Canyon Mine | Gypsum-Anhydrite, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Rex Quarry | Calcium | Producer | ||
| Sheep Draw Quarry | Silica | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Davis Nickel Prospect | Nickel | Past Producer | ||
| Treasure Hill Mine | Nickel | Occurrence | ||
| Treasure Hill Mine | Nickel | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Limestone, General | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owl Canyon | 1.8 miles | 19 | |
| Livermore | 2.1 miles | 19 | |
| Buckeye | 5.1 miles | 20 | |
| Waverly | 6.5 miles | 29 | |
| Poudre Park | 9.8 miles | 17 | |
| Bulger | 10.4 miles | 15 | |
| Wellington | 10.7 miles | 29 | |
| Bellvue | 11.2 miles | 28 |
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.









