BlockWelty, Colorado
32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Johnstown-Milliken census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80513. It lies near Twin Mounds. The Survey maps it on the Berthoud quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 32 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.
- 1906 USGS Loveland quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1908 USGS Loveland quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1954 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Berthoud quadrangle1:24000, 9 printings
- 1961 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Estes Park quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
232 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 232 fires within 5 miles of Welty between 1992 and 2020, burning about 48 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 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 | 199 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Berthoud Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 8 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Berthoud Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 6 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Berthoud Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 29 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Berthoud Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 29 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Berthoud Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 25 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Loveland Fire & Rescue Department | UNKNOWN |
| 21 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Big Thompson Canyon Volunteer Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 2 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Loveland Fire & Rescue Department | UNKNOWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Welty: 3 occurrences, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Sand and Gravel, Construction, Calcium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Loveland Sugar Refinery Quarry | Calcium | Plant | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel | |
| Unknown | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Unknown | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Occurrence |
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 178070. 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.