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Skinners, Colorado

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Colorado Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80911. It stands on Sand Creek. The Survey maps it on the Colorado Springs quadrangle.

Skinners within El Paso County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 32 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

1,303 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,303 fires within 5 miles of Skinners between 1994 and 2020, burning about 6,281 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 18 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/undetermined1129
Smoking56
Equipment and vehicle use30
Debris and open burning29
Arson/incendiarism18
Natural13
Fireworks12
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Recreation and ceremony6
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1

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 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
9 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado Springs Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
9 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresEl Paso CountyUNKNOWN
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado Springs Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
8 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
7 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreStratmoor Hills Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
7 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado Springs Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
6 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreStratmoor Hills Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in El Paso County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 32 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of Skinners: 27 producers, 4 occurrences, 1 past producer. 27 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
UnknownClayOccurrenceClay
UnknownClayOccurrenceClay
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
CarsonSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in El Paso 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
Stratmoor1.0 miles32
Security1.2 miles32
Stratmoor Hills2.0 miles32
Kelker2.1 miles32
Fort Carson2.6 miles34
Widefield3.3 miles32
Stratton Meadows3.6 miles32
Broadmoor4.6 miles32

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 193532. 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.