Tacoma, Colorado
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Durango census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81301. It stands on Canyon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Electra Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 27 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.
- 1898 USGS Engineer Mountain quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1900 USGS Engineer Mountain quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Engineer Mountain quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1945 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Electra Lake quadrangle1:24000, 7 printings
- 1961 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Silverton quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
115 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 115 fires within 5 miles of Tacoma between 1992 and 2020, burning about 54,652 acres in total. 69 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 69 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Durango Fire Rescue Authority | UNKNOWN |
| 6 September 2017 | Natural | 1.2 acres | San Juan National Forest | 990 |
| 3 September 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Durango Fire Rescue Authority | UNKNOWN |
| 22 September 2016 | Natural | under an acre | San Juan National Forest | FUME WALL |
| 16 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | San Juan National Forest | CF 1128 |
| 8 August 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | La Plata County | not named |
| 7 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | San Juan National Forest | FLAGSTAFF |
| 6 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Tacoma: 5 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Animas River Placers | Silver, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Silver Star | Lead, Silver, Zinc, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Bank Claim | Gold | Occurrence | 1883 | |
| Painter Placer Claims | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Slipper Tunnel | Gold | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tacoma in 2 storm reports between 1997 and 2018: 1 heavy rain, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1997 | Heavy Rain | Tacoma | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Flash Flood | Tacoma | - | Heavy rainfall from thunderstorms led to flash flooding at the KOA Campground 3.75 miles north-northeast of Hermosa. Radar estimates half an inch to an inch of rain fell with thunderstorms. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rockwood | 2.5 miles | 29 | |
| Cascade | 5.6 miles | 27 | |
| Hermosa | 8.0 miles | 29 | |
| Trimble | 9.8 miles | 29 | |
| Logtown (historical) | 10.3 miles | 24 | |
| Vallecito | 14.7 miles | 23 | |
| Columbus | 15.7 miles | 21 | |
| Tuckerville (historical) | 15.9 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 187954. 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.










