BlockUnion, Colorado
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Brush census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80750. The Survey maps it on the Antelope Springs quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1951 USGS Antelope Springs quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Sterling quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Sterling quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Fort Morgan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
10 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Union between 1993 and 2018, burning about 205 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 | 9 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 150 acres | Morgan County | CHAPMAN |
| 22 July 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Rocky Mountain National Park | SEVEN PINE |
| 22 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | HILLROSE |
| 19 May 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | HILLROSE |
| 4 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | HILLROSE |
| 28 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | HILLROSE |
| 2 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | HILLROSE |
| 16 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Hillrose-Snyder Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
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 Union: 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. 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.
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 182863. 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.