BlockRobinson Place, Colorado
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Dinosaur census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81640. The Survey maps it on the Hells Canyon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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 Rangely quadrangle1:125000
- 1910 USGS Rangely quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Hells Canyon quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Vernal quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Vernal quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Vernal quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Rangely quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
53 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Robinson Place between 1992 and 2018, burning about 426 acres in total. 50 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 50 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Northwest District, Craig | STUNTZ |
| 4 September 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Craig | MIDDLE |
| 3 September 1995 | Natural | 2.4 acres | Dinosaur National Monument | CORRAL |
| 28 September 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Craig | HELLS |
| 27 September 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Craig | BOBCAT |
| 22 September 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Dinosaur National Monument | PEARL |
| 22 September 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Dinosaur National Monument | SAND |
| 22 September 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Dinosaur National Monument | BILLIARD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Robinson Place: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dinosaur | 11.3 miles | 18 | |
| Blue Mountain | 12.7 miles | 12 | |
| Jack Springs | 15.5 miles | 12 | |
| Massadona | 21.1 miles | 12 | |
| Greystone | 21.7 miles | 11 | |
| Craig Place | 21.8 miles | 13 | |
| Wilson Place | 25.1 miles | 14 | |
| Elk Springs | 28.7 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 170798. 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.