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Wild Horse, Colorado

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Pueblo West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81007. It stands on Wild Horse Creek. The Survey maps it on the Northwest Pueblo quadrangle.

Wild Horse within Pueblo County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 28 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

520 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 520 fires within 5 miles of Wild Horse between 2011 and 2020, burning about 502 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 7 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/undetermined463
Recreation and ceremony20
Smoking10
Debris and open burning7
Arson/incendiarism7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Fireworks4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Natural1

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 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePueblo Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePueblo Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
8 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePueblo Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
8 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePueblo Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersPUEBLO
6 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePueblo Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
6 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePueblo Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
6 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePueblo Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pueblo County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Wild Horse: 5 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. 5 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
Black DiamondSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSedimentary
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Pueblo 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
Eden2.9 miles24
Pueblo West3.2 miles28
Goodnight4.7 miles28
Bragdon5.9 miles20
Pueblo6.0 miles24
Fearnowville6.7 miles24
Salt Creek7.6 miles23
Blende7.8 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 193698. 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.