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Wingo, Colorado

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Snowmass Village census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81654. It lies near Bionaz Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Basalt quadrangle.

Wingo within Pitkin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

59 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Wingo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,257 acres in total. 36 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
Natural36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Debris and open burning2
Recreation and ceremony2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
5 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresNorthwest District, Grand JunctionEAGLE CO 11
3 September 1995Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionARBNEY HIL
27 September 2018Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreBasalt & Rural Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
26 September 2008Naturalunder an acreWhite River National ForestTAYLOR RIDGE
17 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBasalt & Rural Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
11 September 2005Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionLYONS GUL
1 September 2011Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionWOODY CREEK
5 August 2009Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionSNOWMASS CANYON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pitkin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Wingo: 6 past producers, 4 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Pumice. 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
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSand and Gravel
UnknownPumicePast Producer
Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Homeward BoundStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Big BuckManganesePast Producer
Big Buck MineManganeseOccurrenceVein
Bionaz GroupManganesePast Producer
Bionaz GroupManganesePast ProducerVein
Panco Manganese DepositManganeseOccurrenceBraunite
Panco Manganese DepositManganeseOccurrence

Every working recorded in Pitkin 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
Snowmass1.6 miles19
Emma3.0 miles14
Woody Creek8.4 miles19
Snowmass Village9.9 miles25
Aspen14.8 miles26
Meredith14.9 miles18
Lenado14.9 miles26
Thomasville16.3 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 175036. 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.