BlockTijeras, 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 81082. It lies near Burro Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Madrid quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 21 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.
- 1891 USGS Spanish Peaks quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Spanish Peaks quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Spanish Peaks quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Spanish Peaks quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1900 USGS Spanish Peaks quadrangle1:125000
- 1951 USGS Madrid quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
24 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Tijeras between 1992 and 2017, burning about 121 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined | 13 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Las Animas County | not named |
| 10 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Las Animas County | not named |
| 26 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Stonewall Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 9 June 2017 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Stonewall Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 15 June 2013 | Natural | 11 acres | Stonewall Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 15 June 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 14 June 1995 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Las Animas County | not named |
| 4 May 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Spanish Peaks / Boncarbo Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Tijeras: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trinidad Mine | Clay | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madrid (historical) | 1.2 miles | 21 | |
| Valdez | 2.1 miles | 23 | |
| Cokedale | 2.6 miles | 24 | |
| Sequndo | 3.2 miles | 23 | |
| Viola (historical) | 3.4 miles | 24 | |
| Primero (historical) | 4.3 miles | 21 | |
| Sopris Plaza (historical) | 4.7 miles | 24 | |
| Segundo | 4.9 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 203737. 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.