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Colorado, Texas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Smithville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78957. It stands on Lake Creek. The Survey maps it on the Togo quadrangle. It stands 351 feet above sea level.

Colorado within Bastrop County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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.

Photographs

2 photographs, 1939

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Wagon tracks down the dry bed of the Colorado River at Colorado, Texas. Rivers and streams of the Southwest are often dry during periods of drought
Wagon tracks down the dry bed of the Colorado River at Colorado, Texas. Rivers and streams of the Southwest are often dry during periods of drought
Lee, Russell, 1939. Library of Congress
Wagon tracks down the dry bed of the Colorado River at Colorado, Texas. Rivers and streams of the Southwest are often dry during periods of drought
Wagon tracks down the dry bed of the Colorado River at Colorado, Texas. Rivers and streams of the Southwest are often dry during periods of drought
Lee, Russell, 1939. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

56 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Colorado between 1992 and 2020, burning about 417 acres in total. 4 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
Debris and open burning24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural4
Arson/incendiarism1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1
Fireworks1

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
6 September 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
4 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSOUTH BRANCH - 102
24 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceVYVJALA RD FIRE
17 September 1996Natural30 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
26 August 1992Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
12 August 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
12 August 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
12 August 1995Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bastrop 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 Colorado: 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Bastrop 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
Flower Hill1.4 miles11
Smithville2.1 miles17
Togo5.1 miles11
Upton7.1 miles17
Kovar7.2 miles11
Alum Creek7.2 miles17
Pin Oak7.4 miles16
Willman7.6 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.

Wikipedia article on ColoradoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5148681The 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 1354813. 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.