Colona, Colorado
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Ouray census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81403. It stands on Onion Creek. The Survey maps it on the Colona quadrangle. 36 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,365 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresColona grew from 30 to 36 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 30 | |
| 2020 | 36 | +6 (+20%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1909 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:125000
- 1911 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Colona quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1968 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
124 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 124 fires within 5 miles of Colona between 1992 and 2020, burning about 205 acres in total. 69 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 69 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1993 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Montrose Fire Protection District | not named |
| 5 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | ONION 2 |
| 4 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Montrose Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 4 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | CEDAR MESA |
| 4 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | BEATON |
| 4 September 1996 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Southwest District, Montrose | BEAT |
| 3 September 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Montrose Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 3 September 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | PROCK RANCH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Colona: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zinc, Lead. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Falcon Mill | Gold, Zinc, Lead | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Dallas Placers | Gold | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Colona in 1 storm report in 2013: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colona | $60,000 | A mobile home was rolled a few times and destroyed by severe thunderstorm outflow winds. A pole barn also lost part of it's roof. No injuries were reported. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eldredge | 2.7 miles | 17 | |
| Loghill Village | 9.0 miles | 16 | |
| Dallas | 9.9 miles | 21 | |
| Ridgway | 11.9 miles | 16 | |
| Portland | 17.3 miles | 26 | |
| Ouray | 21.6 miles | 26 | |
| Thistledown | 23.3 miles | 28 | |
| Sneffels (historical) | 24.2 miles | 28 |
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 Colona | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q8460259 | The 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 204751. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.







