BlockTorres, Colorado
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Weston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81091. It lies near Bonito Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Torres quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1954 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Torres quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1983 USGS Alamosa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
6 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Torres between 1995 and 2017, burning about 33,286 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 June 2002 | Natural | 33,000 acres | Pueblo Interagency Dispatch Center | TRINIDAD COMPLEX |
| 18 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 70 acres | Stonewall Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 18 April 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Stonewall Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 18 February 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Las Animas County | not named |
| 9 November 1995 | Smoking | 160 acres | Las Animas County | not named |
| 8 November 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 6.0 acres | Las Animas County | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 Torres: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Malachite Mine | Copper, Silver | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tercio | 3.4 miles | 21 | |
| Stonewall Gap | 5.7 miles | 11 | |
| Stonewall | 6.1 miles | 11 | |
| Vigil | 8.8 miles | 21 | |
| Parras Plaza | 9.1 miles | 21 | |
| Zamara | 9.3 miles | 21 | |
| Monument Park | 9.5 miles | 11 | |
| Weston | 11.8 miles | 21 |
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 Torres | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27988084 | 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 193151. 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.