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Tercio, Colorado

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Weston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81091. It stands on Rincon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tercio quadrangle.

Tercio within Las Animas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 21 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

8 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Tercio between 1995 and 2017, burning about 33,403 acres in total. 2 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
Natural2
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1
Debris and open burning1

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
2 June 2002Natural33,000 acresPueblo Interagency Dispatch CenterTRINIDAD COMPLEX
30 April 2008Natural112 acresColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
18 April 2017Debris and open burning70 acresStonewall Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
18 April 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreStonewall Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
10 April 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionBOX II
18 February 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresLas Animas Countynot named
9 November 1995Smoking160 acresLas Animas Countynot named
8 November 1995Recreation and ceremony6.0 acresLas Animas Countynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Las Animas County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Tercio: 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Silver, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Malachite MineCopper, SilverOccurrenceChalcopyrite

Every working recorded in Las Animas 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
Torres3.4 miles12
Stonewall7.0 miles11
Stonewall Gap7.2 miles11
Vigil8.1 miles21
Zamara8.1 miles21
Parras Plaza8.9 miles21
Weston9.6 miles21
Cordova Plaza10.5 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 194781. 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.