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Walker, Colorado

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Johnstown-Milliken census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80651. The Survey maps it on the Johnstown quadrangle.

Walker within Weld County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

161 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 161 fires within 5 miles of Walker between 1993 and 2020, burning about 81 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined126
Equipment and vehicle use9
Arson/incendiarism8
Debris and open burning7
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking2
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMountain View Fire Protection DistrictN/A
6 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBerthoud Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
30 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMountain View Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
25 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMountain View Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
2 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBerthoud Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
12 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBerthoud Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
5 August 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMountain View Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
5 August 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreBerthoud Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Weld County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Walker: 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Helmer BrosSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel

Every working recorded in Weld County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Maloy1.7 miles21
Bunyan2.6 miles20
Mead3.3 miles21
Highland Lake3.5 miles23
Wildcat3.6 miles20
Pulliam3.9 miles20
Clark4.6 miles20
Buda4.6 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 180687. 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.