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Swallows, Colorado

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Pueblo West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81007. It stands on Rush Creek. The Survey maps it on the Swallows quadrangle.

Swallows within Pueblo County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 23 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

3 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Swallows between 2011 and 2020, burning under an acre in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3

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 February 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePueblo West Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
17 February 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersPUEBLO
2 January 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRed Creek Fire DepartmentN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pueblo County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Swallows: 4 unknowns, 4 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold, 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
Unidentified Placer OccurrenceGoldOccurrencePlacer
UnknownStone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, DimensionUnknown
UnknownLimestone, GeneralOccurrenceSedimentary
Pueblo LimeStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSedimentary
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

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
Hobson4.7 miles21
Siloam7.1 miles21
Bronquist7.1 miles20
Pueblo West8.0 miles28
Stone City10.1 miles21
Wild Horse10.3 miles28
Goodnight10.5 miles28
Eden13.0 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 193692. 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.