Wezel, Colorado

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Karval census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80823. The Survey maps it on the McKenzie Draw quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Wezel within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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.

1891 USGS Arroyo quadrangle1:125000
1893 USGS Arroyo quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1954 USGS Lamar quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Lamar quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1978 USGS Mc Kenzie Draw quadrangle1:24000
1984 USGS Karval quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

2 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Wezel (historical) between 2011 and 2018, burning about 7,288 acres in total. None 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	2

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
17 April 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7,288 acres	Lincoln County	HWY 94
31 March 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters	KARVAL

Every fire recorded in Lincoln 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 Wezel (historical): 2 occurrences, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence

Every working recorded in Lincoln 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Karval	6.3 miles	13
Punkin Center	13.5 miles	13
Boyero	13.6 miles	12
Forder	15.6 miles	13
Clifford	17.8 miles	9
Hugo	23.3 miles	8
Genoa	33.2 miles	15
Bovina	33.5 miles	8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 195184. 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.