Fords Mountaindale Ranch, Colorado
33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Penrose-Portland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80926. It lies near Red Creek Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Mount Pittsburg quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 33 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.
- 1893 USGS Colorado Springs quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1909 USGS Colorado Springs quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1942 USGS Colorado Springs quadrangle1:125000
- 1948 USGS Mount Big Chief quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Mount Pittsburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Mount Pittsburg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Mount Big Chief quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Mount Pittsburg quadrangle1:24000, 8 printings
- 1962 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Colorado Springs quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
41 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Fords Mountaindale Ranch between 1994 and 2020, burning about 13,448 acres in total. 20 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 | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 2 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | COLORADO SPRINGS |
| 14 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Rye Fire Protection Department | UNKNOWN |
| 10 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southwest Highway 115 Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 22 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-Canon City District | not named |
| 21 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Royal Gorge Field Office | TABLE |
| 19 August 1995 | Natural | under an acre | El Paso County | not named |
| 16 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | El Paso County | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Fords Mountaindale Ranch: 4 occurrences, 3 past producers, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Mica, Feldspar. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Mica, Feldspar | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Unnamed Manganese Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Beaver Creek Occurrence | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Folbre #2 | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Folbre #2 Claim | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Sandstone | |
| Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Sand and Gravel |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adelaide | 8.1 miles | 21 | |
| Penrose | 12.9 miles | 24 | |
| Portland | 15.1 miles | 24 | |
| Concrete | 15.3 miles | 23 | |
| Park Center | 16.1 miles | 24 | |
| Florence | 17.2 miles | 24 | |
| Orchard Park | 17.4 miles | 24 | |
| East Canon | 17.4 miles | 24 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122565355 | 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 193636. 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.














