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Wattenberg, Colorado

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Fort Lupton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80621. The Survey maps it on the Fort Lupton quadrangle. It stands 4,938 feet above sea level.

Wattenberg within Weld County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

459 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 459 fires within 5 miles of Wattenberg between 2010 and 2020, burning about 479 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined379
Smoking17
Debris and open burning12
Recreation and ceremony10
Arson/incendiarism9
Fireworks9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Natural3
Railroad operations and maintenance3

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
9 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGreater Brighton Fire Protection DistrictN/A
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersBRIGHTON
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersN/A
6 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGreater Brighton Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGreater Brighton Fire Protection DistrictN/A
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGreater Brighton Fire Protection DistrictN/A
5 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Weld County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Wattenberg: 6 occurrences, 5 producers, 3 unknowns, 3 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
UnknownClayOccurrence
UnknownClayOccurrence
UnknownClayProducer
UnknownClayProducer
UnknownClayOccurrence
UnknownClayProducer
Adams Aggregate Inc PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

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
Powars1.8 miles21
Fort Lupton4.1 miles21
Dick5.3 miles20
Saint Vrains6.3 miles20
Lochbuie6.5 miles24
Dacono6.7 miles20
Aristocrat Ranchettes6.9 miles21
Tonville7.2 miles24

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.

Wikipedia article on WattenbergAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7974945The 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 180850. 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.