Torres, Colorado
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Monte Vista census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81144. It lies near Nicomodes Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Monte Vista quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 18 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.
- 1915 USGS Del Norte quadrangle1:125000
- 1917 USGS Del Norte quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1945 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Monte Vista quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1966 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Del Norte quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
27 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Torres between 1993 and 2016, burning about 24 acres in total. None 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 | 25 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | CSFS-Alamosa District | not named |
| 11 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | DEL NORTE |
| 28 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | DEL NORTE |
| 24 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | CSFS-Alamosa District | not named |
| 23 May 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | CSFS-Alamosa District | not named |
| 14 May 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | CSFS-Alamosa District | not named |
| 13 May 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | DEL NORTE |
| 11 May 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | CSFS-Alamosa District | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Torres: 6 unknowns, 5 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Pumice. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Mathias North Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| 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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maxeyville | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| Sevenmile Plaza | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Monte Vista | 3.5 miles | 18 | |
| Sugar Junction | 5.6 miles | 16 | |
| Vastine | 5.7 miles | 17 | |
| Homelake | 6.1 miles | 16 | |
| Dunul | 6.6 miles | 17 | |
| Zinzer | 6.7 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 190394. 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.









