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Stollsteimer, Colorado

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Arboles census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81147. It stands on Stollsteimer Creek. The Survey maps it on the Chimney Rock quadrangle.

Stollsteimer within Archuleta County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

143 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 143 fires within 5 miles of Stollsteimer between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,456 acres in total. 134 started naturally. 1 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
Natural134
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1

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 1994Naturalunder an acreSouthern Ute AgencyELROY
7 September 2007Natural5.5 acresSouthern Ute AgencyDEEP CANYON II
7 September 2004Naturalunder an acreSouthern Ute AgencyGALLEGOS
6 September 2007Naturalunder an acreSouthern Ute AgencyDOWN
6 September 1998Smokingunder an acreSouthern Ute AgencyCABEZON
30 September 1998Naturalunder an acreSouthern Ute AgencyRUIN MINE
3 September 2007Naturalunder an acreSouthern Ute AgencyBIKER
29 September 1998Naturalunder an acreSouthern Ute AgencyGARCIA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Archuleta 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 Stollsteimer: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. 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, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSand and Gravel

Every working recorded in Archuleta 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
Piedra5.7 miles17
Chimney Rock (historical)6.0 miles17
Arboles8.6 miles23
Altura9.1 miles21
Lonetree9.8 miles21
Dyke10.3 miles21
Kearns10.3 miles21
Gato10.7 miles22

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122591133The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 184439. 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.