Tobin, Colorado

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Crook census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80726. It lies near Ramsey Draw. The Survey maps it on the Crook quadrangle.

Tobin within Logan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 11 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.

1953 USGS Crook quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
1954 USGS Sterling quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Sterling quadrangle1:250000
1983 USGS Julesburg quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

9 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Tobin between 2016 and 2018, burning about 30,035 acres in total. None 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
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3
Arson/incendiarism	1
Recreation and ceremony	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
21 August 2017	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Crook Volunteer Fire Department	UNKNOWN
9 July 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Sterling Fire Rescue	UNKNOWN
4 July 2017	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Crook Volunteer Fire Department	UNKNOWN
31 July 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Sterling Fire Rescue	UNKNOWN
31 July 2017	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Crook Volunteer Fire Department	UNKNOWN
20 July 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10 acres	Sterling Fire Rescue	UNKNOWN
19 June 2017	Equipment and vehicle use	20 acres	Sterling Fire Rescue	UNKNOWN
7 March 2017	Equipment and vehicle use	30,000 acres	Crook Volunteer Fire Department	LOGAN FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Logan County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Tobin: 3 occurrences, 3 unknowns. 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence	Gravel
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence	Gravel
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence	Gravel

Every working recorded in Logan 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Crook	4.2 miles	11
Proctor	4.6 miles	10
Griff	8.0 miles	8
Marcott	8.5 miles	9
Selma	9.4 miles	8
Fleming	10.8 miles	8
Red Lion	11.1 miles	9
Iliff	11.5 miles	8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 182715. 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.