BlockUncompahgre, Colorado
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Montrose census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81403. The Survey maps it on the Montrose East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1909 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:125000
- 1911 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Montrose East quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1968 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
175 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 175 fires within 5 miles of Uncompahgre between 1993 and 2020, burning about 225 acres in total. 37 started naturally. 2 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 | 79 |
| Natural | 37 |
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Smoking | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Montrose Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 4 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Montrose Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 4 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | CEDAR MESA |
| 4 September 1996 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Southwest District, Montrose | BEAT |
| 3 September 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Montrose Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 3 September 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | PROCK RANCH |
| 3 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | HAPPY |
| 28 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | HORSEFLY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Uncompahgre: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Zinc, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Falcon Mill | Gold, Zinc, Lead | 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.
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.
| Wikidata item Q122561446 | 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 188124. 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.