BlockSloan, Colorado
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Keenesburg-Hudson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80643. The Survey maps it on the Prospect Valley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1950 USGS Prospect Valley quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1951 USGS Prospect Valley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
94 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Sloan between 2011 and 2020, burning about 161 acres in total. 1 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 | 84 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southeast Weld Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 6 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southeast Weld Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 4 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Southeast Weld Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 30 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southeast Weld Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 29 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southeast Weld Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 22 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southeast Weld Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 22 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | KEENESBURG |
| 14 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southeast Weld Fire Protection District | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson | 3.4 miles | 15 | |
| Prospect Valley | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Keenesburg | 4.3 miles | 20 | |
| Krauss | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Roy | 5.7 miles | 20 | |
| Tampa | 7.0 miles | 13 | |
| Hudson | 8.4 miles | 24 | |
| South Roggen | 8.7 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 180898. 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.