Saunders, Colorado
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Delta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81416. It stands on Tongue Creek. The Survey maps it on the North Delta quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1956 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS North Delta quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Delta quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
254 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 254 fires within 5 miles of Saunders between 1992 and 2020, burning about 22 acres 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/undetermined | 233 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Delta County Fire Protection District #1 | N/A |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | DELTA |
| 27 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Delta County Fire Protection District #1 | N/A |
| 22 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Delta County Fire Protection District #1 | UNKNOWN |
| 22 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Delta County Fire Protection District #1 | UNKNOWN |
| 17 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Delta County Fire Protection District #1 | UNKNOWN |
| 16 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Delta County Fire Protection District #1 | UNKNOWN |
| 14 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Delta County Fire Protection District #1 | UNKNOWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 27 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Saunders: 9 past producers, 9 unknowns, 6 occurrences, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Aluminum, Uranium, Vanadium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipeta Mill | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| Davis and Spaulding Property | Aluminum | Unknown | ||
| Donegan Lease | Uranium, Vanadium | Past Producer | ||
| Delta County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Delta Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Read | 1.8 miles | 14 | |
| Saxton | 2.1 miles | 14 | |
| Cory | 2.3 miles | 14 | |
| North Delta | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| Delta | 3.4 miles | 16 | |
| Austin | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Orchard City | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Chipeta | 5.5 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 185394. 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.







