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Tabor, Colorado

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Lafayette-Louisville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80516. The Survey maps it on the Erie quadrangle.

Tabor within Boulder County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 22 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

288 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 288 fires within 5 miles of Tabor between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,402 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 16 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined207
Arson/incendiarism16
Debris and open burning16
Smoking13
Recreation and ceremony11
Natural9
Equipment and vehicle use5
Fireworks5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Other causes1

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
7 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMountain View Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
6 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersERIE
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
4 September 1993Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-Boulder Districtnot named
3 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLafayette Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
29 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
26 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMountain View Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
21 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorth Metro Fire Rescue DistrictN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Boulder County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Tabor: 7 past producers, 5 occurrences, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Fire Clay (Refractory), Silver. 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
JacksonSilverPast Producer
UnknownFire Clay (Refractory)Occurrence
BeaverGoldPast Producer
Standard MineGoldPast Producer
BakerSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Crane PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Erie PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Boulder 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
Canfield0.2 miles22
Erie1.3 miles22
Leyner1.5 miles22
Gooding1.6 miles22
Ninemile Corner2.9 miles22
Liggett3.2 miles26
Lafayette4.1 miles20
Pleasant View Ridge4.6 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 178748. 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.