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Stem Beach, Colorado

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Pueblo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81004. It stands on Greenhorn Creek. The Survey maps it on the Southwest Pueblo quadrangle.

Stem Beach within Pueblo County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 26 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

224 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 224 fires within 5 miles of Stem Beach between 2003 and 2020, burning about 43 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined193
Smoking7
Fireworks5
Recreation and ceremony5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Arson/incendiarism4
Debris and open burning3
Natural2
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
9 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePueblo Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
8 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePueblo Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
7 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePueblo Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePueblo Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
6 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePueblo Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
6 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePueblo Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
5 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePueblo Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
5 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePueblo Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pueblo County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Stem Beach: 5 unknowns, 4 occurrences, 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Limestone, Dimension. 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
UnknownLimestone, GeneralOccurrenceLimestone
UnknownStone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, DimensionUnknown
UnknownStone, Crushed/Broken, FlagstoneUnknown
Unknown QuarryStoneUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
LimeStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrenceSedimentary

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
Saint Charles2.1 miles23
Salt Creek5.9 miles23
Pueblo6.5 miles24
Lombard Village6.7 miles23
Goodnight6.9 miles28
Blende6.9 miles23
Fearnowville9.1 miles24
Eden10.6 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 193780. 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.