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Siloam, Colorado

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Pueblo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81005. It stands on South Red Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hobson quadrangle.

Siloam within Pueblo County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

7 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Siloam between 1995 and 2016, burning about 2 acres in total. 2 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
Natural2

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
23 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestLUIS CREEK 5
23 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestLEWIS CREEK 4
23 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestLUIS CREEK 3
23 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestLUIS CREEK 2
7 July 2000Natural1.0 acresPike and San Isabel National ForestBELL GULCH
15 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-Canon City Districtnot named
16 March 1995Naturalunder an acreFremont Countynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pueblo 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 Siloam: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, 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
Airborne Anomaly 18UraniumOccurrence
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSand and Gravel

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
Bronquist5.6 miles20
Hobson6.6 miles21
Swallows7.1 miles23
Goodpasture12.0 miles22
Beulah12.2 miles22
Cedar Grove12.3 miles22
Beulah Valley12.4 miles22
Valley View12.6 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 193685. 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.