BlockThornburgh, Colorado
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Meeker census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81641. The Survey maps it on the Thornburgh quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1910 USGS Danforth Hills quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Thornburgh quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1979 USGS Meeker quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
12 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Thornburgh between 1996 and 2020, burning about 5 acres in total. 9 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 | 9 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | White River National Forest | ALDRICH |
| 12 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Northwest District, Craig | JONES |
| 12 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | White River National Forest | MARTIN CREEK |
| 31 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwest District, Craig | CLEAR CREEK |
| 23 August 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Moffat County | WOOD |
| 5 July 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Craig | THORNBURG |
| 25 July 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Craig | BD |
| 18 July 1997 | Natural | under an acre | White River National Forest | ALDRICH LAKE |
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Thornburgh: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory). Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buford | 15.7 miles | 17 | |
| Meeker | 16.4 miles | 16 | |
| White River City | 29.1 miles | 11 | |
| Rio Blanco | 35.0 miles | 18 | |
| Angora | 46.7 miles | 12 | |
| Rangely | 59.3 miles | 14 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122566135 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 173307. 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.