BlockTuckerville, Colorado
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Bayfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81122. It lies near Runlett Park. The Survey maps it on the Granite Peak quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1924 USGS Pagosa Springs quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1927 USGS Pagosa Springs 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 Granite Peak quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1966 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Durango quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
60 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Tuckerville (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,942 acres in total. 29 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 29 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | San Juan National Forest | HAZEL |
| 4 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | San Juan National Forest | BERRI PARK |
| 17 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Upper Pine River Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 15 September 2016 | Natural | under an acre | San Juan National Forest | MIDDLE MOUNTAIN |
| 7 August 1992 | Natural | under an acre | San Juan National Forest | GIRLFRIENDS BIRTHDAY |
| 4 August 2010 | Natural | under an acre | San Juan National Forest | 724 |
| 28 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | San Juan National Forest | VALLECITO CREEK |
| 26 August 1995 | Natural | under an acre | San Juan National Forest | HIGH VISIBILITY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Tuckerville (historical): 5 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, Copper, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cave Basin area | Copper, Lead, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | Chalcocite, Malachite, Azurite, Siderite | |
| Gold Nugget Group | Copper, Gold, Tungsten | Past Producer | 1900 | |
| Grizzly King, Bobby, and Lost Claims | Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | 1936 | |
| Holbrook | Copper, Zinc, Gold, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Mary Holbrook Property | Copper, Silver, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Silver Reef Group | Silver, Copper, Lead, Gold, Zinc | Past Producer | 1913, 1928 | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 184063. 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.