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Saint Charles, Colorado

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Huerfano Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81022. It stands on Greenhorn Creek. The Survey maps it on the Southeast Pueblo quadrangle.

Saint Charles within Pueblo County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 23 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

6 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Saint Charles between 2011 and 2018, burning under an acre in total. None 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/undetermined5
Smoking1

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
13 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePueblo Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
20 June 2018Smokingunder an acrePueblo Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
2 May 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersPUEBLO
27 March 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePueblo Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
15 March 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePueblo Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
6 November 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePueblo Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN

Every fire recorded in Pueblo County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Saint Charles: 4 unknowns, 2 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite, 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
Greenhorn StationGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
UnknownLimestone, GeneralOccurrenceLimestone
UnknownStone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, DimensionUnknown
Unknown QuarryStoneUnknown
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
LimeStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown

Every working recorded in Pueblo 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
Stem Beach2.1 miles26
Salt Creek7.1 miles23
Lombard Village7.2 miles23
Blende7.9 miles23
Pueblo8.0 miles24
Goodnight8.8 miles28
Fearnowville10.2 miles24
Burnt Mill11.1 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 196521. 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.