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Doyleville, Colorado

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Gunnison census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81230. It lies near Monson Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Doyleville quadrangle.

Doyleville within Gunnison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

8 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Doyleville between 1993 and 2018, burning about 832 acres in total. 4 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
Natural4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Debris and open burning1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 1993Naturalunder an acreGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forestsnot named
24 August 2011Naturalunder an acreSouthwest District, MontroseBERRET
15 August 2007Naturalunder an acreGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National ForestsTOMICHI DOME
21 July 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwest District, MontroseCABANA
18 June 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouthwest District, MontroseDRIVELINE
1 June 2002Natural1.0 acresSouthwest District, MontroseMONSON
17 May 2018Debris and open burning16 acresSouthwest District, MontroseCOYOTE
24 March 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined814 acresSouthwest District, MontroseDOYLEVILLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gunnison County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Doyleville: 7 occurrences, 4 producers, 4 past producers, 3 unknowns. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Beryllium, Gold. 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
OpportunityMica, Beryllium, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, GemstoneOccurrenceBeryl, Lepidolite, Microlite, Tantalite, Topaz, Tourmaline
Opportunity GroupBeryllium, REEPast Producer
Opportunity No 1Mica, Beryllium, Feldspar, QuartzPast Producer
Opportunity No. 1 ClaimNiobium (Columbium), Tantalum, REEOccurrenceMicrolite, Monazite
UnknownGold, Silver, ZincUnknown
UnknownClay, SilicaUnknown
UnknownSilver, Gold, Lead, ZincUnknown
Moore PropertyManganesePast Producer
Q Opportunity #1BerylliumOccurrenceBeryl
Unnamed Manganese OccurrenceManganeseOccurrenceVein

Every working recorded in Gunnison County

Storms near this place

4 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Doyleville in 4 storm reports between 2006 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 1 debris flow. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2024Debris FlowDoyleville-Heavy rain from a thunderstorm produced a mudslide along Highway 50 between mile marker 181 and 182 which closed the highway in both directions. This occurred approximately 25 miles east of Gunnison or 7 miles south-southwest of Waunita Hot Springs.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindDoyleville-no account filed
May 2006Thunderstorm WindDoyleville-no account filed
July 2006Heavy RainDoyleville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Gunnison 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
Waunita Hot Springs6.9 miles19
Parlin7.2 miles20
Ohio7.9 miles19
Sillsville8.0 miles12
Campbelltown (historical)11.3 miles19
Pitkin11.9 miles19
Chance12.8 miles12
Whitepine13.0 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 204761. 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.