BlockRouse, Colorado
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Walsenburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81089. It lies near Fourmile Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Aguilar quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 22 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.
- 1891 USGS Spanish Peaks quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Spanish Peaks quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Spanish Peaks quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Spanish Peaks quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1900 USGS Spanish Peaks quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Aguilar quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1982 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
14 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Rouse between 1993 and 2020, burning about 4 acres in total. 4 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 | 7 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Huerfano County | not named |
| 10 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 7 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 3 July 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Las Animas County | not named |
| 27 July 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Las Animas County | not named |
| 16 July 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Las Animas County | not named |
| 16 July 1994 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Las Animas County | not named |
| 26 May 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Huerfano County | BLACKHAWK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Rouse: 2 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Sand and Gravel | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pryor | 1.2 miles | 17 | |
| Monson | 1.8 miles | 17 | |
| Walsenburg | 9.9 miles | 18 | |
| Pictou | 11.5 miles | 15 | |
| Cuchara Junction | 12.2 miles | 16 | |
| Maitland | 13.1 miles | 15 | |
| La Veta | 15.7 miles | 18 | |
| Alamo | 17.3 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 194436. 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.