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Stone City, Colorado

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Pueblo West census division. The Survey maps it on the Stone City quadrangle.

Stone City within Pueblo County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 21 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

4 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Stone City between 2000 and 2019, burning about 3,671 acres in total. 2 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
Natural2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2

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
4 July 2019Natural30 acresFort Carson Army BaseSTONE CITY
7 June 2000Natural550 acresDepartment of DefenseBOOTH FIRE
24 February 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2,885 acresFort Carson Army BaseAPACHE COMPLEX
21 January 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined206 acresFort Carson Army BaseORCHARD CANYON

Every fire recorded in Pueblo County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 43 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 43 workings within 5 miles of Stone City: 18 past producers, 11 unknowns, 7 occurrences, 7 producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory), Gypsum-Anhydrite, Uranium. 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
George Avery RanchVanadium, UraniumPast Producer
Stone City Clay DepositFire Clay (Refractory), Kaolin, AluminumPast Producer1906
UnknownLimestone, GeneralOccurrenceLimestone
UnknownStone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, DimensionUnknown
Cliff & CreekSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Stone CitySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown QuarryStoneUnknown
Unknown QuarryStoneUnknown
Unknown QuarryStoneUnknown
Dinosaur No. 1 ClaimUraniumOccurrence

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
Hobson8.4 miles21
Pueblo West10.0 miles28
Swallows10.1 miles23
Wild Horse13.1 miles28
Piñon13.5 miles20
Bragdon13.6 miles20
Siloam14.9 miles21
Eden15.9 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 193887. 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.