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Coventry, Colorado

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Nucla census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81431. It stands on Coventry Hill. The Survey maps it on the Norwood quadrangle.

Coventry within Montrose County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

126 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 126 fires within 5 miles of Coventry between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,672 acres in total. 91 started naturally. None 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
Natural91
Missing data/not specified/undetermined33
Debris and open burning1
Smoking1

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
7 September 2013Naturalunder an acreNorwood-Redvale Volunteer Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
7 September 2013Naturalunder an acreSouthwest District, MontroseBURNS
7 September 1993Naturalunder an acreSouthwest District, MontroseMANLY
21 September 2000Naturalunder an acreSouthwest District, MontroseQUINN DRAW
20 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersN/A
2 September 1994Naturalunder an acreSouthwest District, MontroseMAIL
19 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorwood-Redvale Volunteer Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
13 September 1994Naturalunder an acreSouthwest District, MontroseQUINN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Montrose County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Coventry: 8 unknowns, 4 occurrences, 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Manganese, Radium. 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
Brazier Bros. DrillingUranium, VanadiumUnknown
JohnstownRadiumPast Producer
Ok, ElderCoal, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSedimentary
Big MackManganesePast Producer
KlondykeeManganeseOccurrence
Mineral MineUraniumPast Producer
UnkUraniumUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Montrose 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
Redvale2.5 miles16
Piñon7.5 miles15
Ute8.6 miles16
Naturita11.0 miles19
Mountain View11.6 miles15
Nucla11.9 miles21
Houser Cow Camp12.3 miles16
East Vancorum12.6 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 203191. 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.