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Tiffany, Colorado

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Ignacio census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81137. The Survey maps it on the Tiffany quadrangle. It stands 6,342 feet above sea level.

Tiffany within La Plata County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

204 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 204 fires within 5 miles of Tiffany between 1992 and 2020, burning about 202 acres in total. 128 started naturally. 1 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
Natural128
Missing data/not specified/undetermined47
Smoking16
Debris and open burning8
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
9 September 2013Naturalunder an acreFarmington Field OfficeHOLLY
8 September 2020Naturalunder an acreFarmington Field OfficeREESE CANYON
7 September 2019Naturalunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
7 September 2019Naturalunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
29 September 2017Naturalunder an acreLos Pinos Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
26 September 2009Natural1.0 acresFarmington Field OfficeROCKY
24 September 2008Natural1.5 acresSouthern Ute AgencyPIEDRA PEAK
21 September 2010Naturalunder an acreFarmington Field OfficeYELLOWJACKET

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in La Plata County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Tiffany: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in La Plata County

Storms near this place

1 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tiffany in 1 storm report in 2012: 1 heavy rain. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2012Heavy RainTiffany-Dime sized hail and 0.84 inches of rainfall fell in 20 minutes east of Ignacio. The storm total precipitation was 1.04 inches. No significant flooding was reported.

Every storm recorded in La Plata 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
Allison2.7 miles23
La Boca3.7 miles19
Ignacio7.6 miles19
Oxford13.2 miles20
Bayfield13.7 miles20
Gem Village13.9 miles20
Florida16.9 miles20
Bondad17.9 miles19

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.

Wikipedia article on TiffanyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q27988081The 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 184493. 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.