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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 23 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.
- 1891 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1896 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Swallows quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1966 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
3 since 2011Regional 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/undetermined | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 February 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Pueblo West Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 17 February 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | PUEBLO |
| 2 January 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Red Creek Fire Department | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unidentified Placer Occurrence | Gold | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Limestone, General | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Pueblo Lime | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hobson | 4.7 miles | 21 | |
| Siloam | 7.1 miles | 21 | |
| Bronquist | 7.1 miles | 20 | |
| Pueblo West | 8.0 miles | 28 | |
| Stone City | 10.1 miles | 21 | |
| Wild Horse | 10.3 miles | 28 | |
| Goodnight | 10.5 miles | 28 | |
| Eden | 13.0 miles | 24 |
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.











