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Sarcillo, Colorado

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Weston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81082. It lies in Sarcillo Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Weston quadrangle.

Sarcillo within Las Animas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 21 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

41 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Sarcillo between 1992 and 2018, burning about 135 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined17
Natural15
Arson/incendiarism3
Debris and open burning2
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
11 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreLas Animas Countynot named
3 August 2016Natural1.0 acresStonewall Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
26 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreStonewall Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
26 July 2016Natural1.0 acresStonewall Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
25 July 2016Natural1.0 acresStonewall Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
21 July 2016Natural1.0 acresStonewall Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
20 July 2016Natural1.0 acresStonewall Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
19 July 2016Natural1.0 acresStonewall Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Las Animas County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Sarcillo: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Las Animas 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
Segundo0.2 miles21
Velasquez Plaza1.2 miles20
Primero (historical)1.5 miles21
Medina Plaza1.7 miles21
Sequndo2.0 miles23
Valdez3.1 miles23
Cordova Plaza3.8 miles21
Weston4.8 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 203736. 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.