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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1956 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Norwood quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1965 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Nucla quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
126 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 91 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 33 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Norwood-Redvale Volunteer Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 7 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | BURNS |
| 7 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | MANLY |
| 21 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | QUINN DRAW |
| 20 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | N/A |
| 2 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | |
| 19 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Norwood-Redvale Volunteer Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 13 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | QUINN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazier Bros. Drilling | Uranium, Vanadium | Unknown | ||
| Johnstown | Radium | Past Producer | ||
| Ok, Elder | Coal, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Big Mack | Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Klondykee | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Mineral Mine | Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Redvale | 2.5 miles | 16 | |
| Piñon | 7.5 miles | 15 | |
| Ute | 8.6 miles | 16 | |
| Naturita | 11.0 miles | 19 | |
| Mountain View | 11.6 miles | 15 | |
| Nucla | 11.9 miles | 21 | |
| Houser Cow Camp | 12.3 miles | 16 | |
| East Vancorum | 12.6 miles | 19 |
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.







