BlockUte, Colorado
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Nucla census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81424. It stands on Tumble Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ute quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1956 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Ute quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Nucla quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Ute quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
75 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Ute between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,746 acres in total. 68 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 | 68 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | not named |
| 4 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | not named |
| 3 September 1993 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Southwest District, Montrose | DRY PARK |
| 27 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | DRY CREEK 2 |
| 18 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | COTTONWOOD CREEK |
| 18 September 2004 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | DRY PARK |
| 13 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | READE HILL |
| 1 September 2007 | Natural | 208 acres | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | RED CANYON |
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 Ute: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oasis Placer | Gold | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houser Cow Camp | 5.4 miles | 16 | |
| Piñon | 6.9 miles | 15 | |
| Coventry | 8.6 miles | 16 | |
| Redvale | 9.5 miles | 16 | |
| Mountain View | 11.8 miles | 15 | |
| Nucla | 14.7 miles | 21 | |
| Naturita | 16.0 miles | 19 | |
| East Vancorum | 17.3 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 185916. 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.