BlockRichfield, Colorado
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the La Jara census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81140. The Survey maps it on the La Jara quadrangle.
On record in Richfield
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
La Jara Depotlisted 1975 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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 Trinidad quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS La Jara quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Alamosa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
37 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Richfield between 1993 and 2018, burning about 115 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 June 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Conejos County Office | not named |
| 10 June 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Carmel Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 10 June 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Carmel Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 8 May 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 7 May 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Conejos County Office | not named |
| 7 May 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Conejos County Office | not named |
| 28 May 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 27 May 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Conejos County Office | 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 Richfield: 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. 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.
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 192914. 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.