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Zamara, Colorado

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Weston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81091. It lies near Santistevan Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Vigil quadrangle.

Zamara within Las Animas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 21 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

38 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Zamara between 1992 and 2017, burning about 20 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 5 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
Natural16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Arson/incendiarism5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Debris and open burning1

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
15 August 1992Naturalunder an acreLas Animas Countynot named
8 July 2013Naturalunder an acreStonewall Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
18 July 2016Natural1.5 acresStonewall Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
16 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersWESTON
15 July 2014Natural1.0 acresStonewall Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
15 July 2014Naturalunder an acreStonewall Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
11 July 2013Naturalunder an acreStonewall Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
1 July 2013Naturalunder an acreStonewall Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Las Animas County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Zamara: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Las Animas 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
Vigil1.2 miles21
Parras Plaza2.5 miles21
Weston4.1 miles21
Cordova Plaza5.0 miles21
Stonewall5.1 miles11
Stonewall Gap6.3 miles11
Medina Plaza7.0 miles21
Monument Park7.6 miles11

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122597605The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 194608. 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.