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Riverdale, Colorado

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Las Animas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81054. The Survey maps it on the Cornelia quadrangle.

Riverdale within Bent County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 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

49 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Riverdale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,756 acres in total. 3 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/undetermined29
Debris and open burning12
Smoking4
Natural3
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
30 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLas Animas-Bent County Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
21 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
6 July 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLa Junta Rural Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
1 June 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Miguel Countynot named
16 May 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
9 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersLAS ANIMAS
3 April 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreLas Animas-Bent County Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
3 April 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLas Animas-Bent County Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bent County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Riverdale: 7 unknowns, 4 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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
The Marlman Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Marlman QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Marlman QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Bent BuildersSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Bent 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
Cornelia2.8 miles15
Marlman3.0 miles15
Las Animas5.0 miles18
Boggsville5.6 miles18
Melina7.4 miles18
Las Animas Junction7.6 miles18
Fort Lyon9.0 miles18
Keller9.0 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 195516. 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.