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Roy, Colorado

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Keenesburg-Hudson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80643. The Survey maps it on the Keenesburg quadrangle.

Roy within Weld County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

179 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 179 fires within 5 miles of Roy between 2010 and 2020, burning about 2,938 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 5 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined147
Equipment and vehicle use9
Natural6
Smoking5
Arson/incendiarism5
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Debris and open burning2
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSoutheast Weld Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
8 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresHudson Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
7 September 2015Smokingunder an acreHudson Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
6 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSoutheast Weld Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
30 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSoutheast Weld Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
29 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSoutheast Weld Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
22 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersKEENESBURG
19 September 2017Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreHudson Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Weld County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Roy: 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel

Every working recorded in Weld 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
Keenesburg2.4 miles20
Hudson4.8 miles24
Sloan5.7 miles15
Tampa6.5 miles13
Krauss6.5 miles15
Johnson6.7 miles15
Prospect Valley8.4 miles15
Tonville10.1 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 180890. 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.