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Fairview, Colorado

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Montrose census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81401. The Survey maps it on the Montrose East quadrangle.

Fairview within Montrose County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

331 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 331 fires within 5 miles of Fairview between 1992 and 2020, burning about 656 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 6 were 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined237
Debris and open burning22
Natural17
Equipment and vehicle use15
Smoking15
Recreation and ceremony13
Arson/incendiarism6
Fireworks4
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
7 September 2018Smokingunder an acreMontrose Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
5 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMontrose Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
5 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMontrose Fire Protection Districtnot named
3 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMontrose Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
25 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMontrose Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
2 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMontrose Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Montrose County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Fairview: 11 unknowns, 7 past producers, 4 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Clay, Lead, Zinc, Copper. 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
Clay PitClayUnknown
Poughkeepsie MillLead, Zinc, CopperPast Producer
Dolores PlacerGoldPast Producer
Good Bye DanGoldPast Producer
PlacerGoldPast Producer
Red CanonGoldPast Producer
Corey Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
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
Lujane3.7 miles20
Montrose3.9 miles17
Cedar Creek4.7 miles20
Oak Grove6.9 miles17
Vernal7.0 miles17
Uncompahgre7.7 miles17
Roe8.2 miles16
Frost10.4 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 188133. 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.