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Spanish Village, Colorado

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Kersey-Gill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80644. The Survey maps it on the Kersey quadrangle.

Spanish Village within Weld County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

180 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 180 fires within 5 miles of Spanish Village between 2010 and 2020, burning about 14,814 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined138
Natural10
Smoking9
Debris and open burning8
Arson/incendiarism8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
30 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
29 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersKERSEY
23 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined750 acresColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
20 September 2010Natural1,000 acresColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
20 September 2010Natural10 acresColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
18 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined12,699 acresSoutheast Weld Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
5 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersKERSEY
4 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersKERSEY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Weld County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Spanish Village: 8 producers, 6 occurrences. 8 still produce. What was taken out: 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
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
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel

Every working recorded in Weld 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
Kersey0.8 miles18
Kuner3.0 miles14
Gill4.8 miles18
Auburn4.9 miles18
Alden5.4 miles18
Cloverly6.5 miles21
Hardin6.8 miles13
Matthews7.1 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 180665. 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.