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Wildcat, 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. It stands on Saint Vrain Creek. The Survey maps it on the Johnstown quadrangle.

Wildcat 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

261 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 261 fires within 5 miles of Wildcat between 2010 and 2020, burning about 281 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/undetermined194
Equipment and vehicle use21
Debris and open burning16
Smoking12
Arson/incendiarism9
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersWELD (COUNTY)
6 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
30 September 2013Smokingunder an acrePlatteville/Gilcrest Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
28 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePlatteville/Gilcrest Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
21 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
21 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePlatteville/Gilcrest Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
14 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePlatteville/Gilcrest Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
11 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named

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 Wildcat: 1 occurrence, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand 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
Fort Saint Vrain (historical)2.1 miles20
Bunyan2.7 miles20
Walker3.6 miles20
Gowanda3.8 miles21
Houston4.1 miles20
Dent4.4 miles20
Platteville4.5 miles20
Maloy4.6 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 180691. 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.