Stonewall, Colorado
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Weston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81091. It lies near Romain Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Stonewall quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 11 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.
- 1954 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Stonewall quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Alamosa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Stonewall quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
49 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Stonewall between 1992 and 2018, burning about 73 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Stonewall Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 29 September 2014 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Stonewall Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 4 August 2015 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Stonewall Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 8 July 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Stonewall Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 3 July 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Stonewall Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 15 July 2014 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Stonewall Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 15 July 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Stonewall Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 13 July 2017 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Stonewall Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Stonewall: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stonewall in 9 storm reports between 1996 and 2016: 7 hail, 2 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | Stonewall | $20,000 | Several roads north of Highway 12 sustained severe erosion due to deep, fast-flowing water. |
| August 2010 | Hail | Stonewall | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Flash Flood | Stonewall | - | Very heavy rain from nearly stationary thunderstorms produced flash flooding south of Highway 12 in rugged, unpopulated terrain. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Stonewall | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Stonewall | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Stonewall | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Stonewall | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Stonewall | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Stonewall | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stonewall Gap | 1.1 miles | 11 | |
| Parras Plaza | 3.7 miles | 21 | |
| Vigil | 4.1 miles | 21 | |
| Monument Park | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Zamara | 5.1 miles | 21 | |
| Torres | 6.1 miles | 12 | |
| Tercio | 7.0 miles | 21 | |
| Weston | 9.0 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 204789. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.







