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Roberta, Colorado

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Rocky Ford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81050. The Survey maps it on the Hawley quadrangle.

Roberta within Otero County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

242 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 242 fires within 5 miles of Roberta between 1995 and 2020, burning about 3,172 acres in total. 7 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/undetermined188
Smoking14
Debris and open burning13
Equipment and vehicle use10
Recreation and ceremony7
Natural7
Fireworks2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2017Natural1.0 acresRocky Ford Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRocky Ford Fire DepartmentN/A
29 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresLa Junta Rural Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
28 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRocky Ford Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
26 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRocky Ford Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
24 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
18 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRocky Ford Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
1 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersLA JUNTA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Otero County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Roberta: 13 unknowns, 5 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Dimension. 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
UnknownStone, DimensionOccurrence
UnkStoneUnknown
UnkStoneUnknown
UnkStoneUnknown
UnknownStoneOccurrence
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Otero 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
Hawley2.1 miles18
Swink2.8 miles14
Rocky Ford4.5 miles14
Ormega5.3 miles18
Hays6.1 miles16
Benton6.4 miles18
La Junta Gardens6.5 miles18
La Junta7.0 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 195627. 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.