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Gateway, Colorado

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Glade Park-Gateway census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81522. It stands on West Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gateway quadrangle. It stands 4,616 feet above sea level.

Gateway within Mesa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 25 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

46 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Gateway between 1993 and 2018, burning about 253 acres in total. 41 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
Natural41
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Recreation and ceremony1

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
24 September 2012Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionAJAX MINE
24 September 2012Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionDEAD FISH
15 September 2015Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionVANAKING
14 September 2009Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionMOTHER DEE
1 September 1994Natural2.0 acresNorthwest District, Grand JunctionW. UNAWEEP
4 August 2013Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionBROWN
30 August 2009Natural47 acresNorthwest District, Grand JunctionCOTTONWOOD 2
27 August 2008Natural23 acresNorthwest District, Grand JunctionTENDERFOOT 2

Every fire recorded in Mesa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 138 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 138 workings within 5 miles of Gateway: 50 past producers, 39 unknowns, 29 producers, 17 occurrences. 29 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Vanadium, Uranium, Vanadium, Vanadium, Uranium. 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
Crystal Queen # 2CopperUnknown
GatewayGypsum-AnhydriteUnknown
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSedimentary
UnnamedSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Durango No 2Vanadium, UraniumPast Producer
Flat TopVanadium, UraniumPast Producer
Gilmore LodeVanadium, UraniumPast Producer
JoeVanadium, UraniumPast Producer
Larry and Leslie Claim GroupVanadium, UraniumPast Producer
Lone Pine No. 2Vanadium, UraniumOccurrenceReplacement

Every working recorded in Mesa County

Storms near this place

27 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gateway in 27 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 11 flash flood, 5 flood, 3 heavy rain, 2 funnel cloud. The reports record 1 death. 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
May 2023FloodGateway1 killedWest Creek in Mesa County ran high and fast as a result of accelerated snowmelt resulting in the creek with flooding observed by local law enforcement. West Creek drains south into the Dolores River. A 94-year old man drowned after accidentally backing his ATV into West Creek and was swept downstream.
July 2021Debris FlowGateway$100,000A normally dry arroyo erupted into a raging waterfall along Colorado Highway 141. Additionally, mud and debris flowed onto the highway.
June 2025Flash FloodGateway$80,000Flash flooding was observed along Salt Creek down to the confluence with the Dolores River, near the intersection of Salt Creek Road and Colorado Highway 141. A COOP observer nearby reported a pickup truck caught in the flood and floated upright downstream. Additionally, a Colorado Department of Transportation grader was noted leaving the CDOT facility in nearby Gateway and headed toward the area of this flash flooding. No reports of additional damage, or any injuries or fatalities were received.
August 2000Flash FloodGateway$20,000no account filed
August 2005Flash FloodGateway$10,000no account filed
July 2005Thunderstorm WindGateway$10,000no account filed
June 2004Flash FloodGateway$10,000no account filed
September 1997Flash FloodGateway$8,000no account filed
July 2001Flash FloodGateway$5,000no account filed
August 2000Thunderstorm WindGateway$5,000no account filed
August 2002Flash FloodGateway$4,000no account filed
August 2025Debris FlowGateway-At approximately 3:20 PM MDT, local law enforcement reported a rockfall between mile-markers 115 and 116 on Highway 141 in Unaweep Canyon, roughly 4 miles east of the town of Gateway. The Turner Gulch burn scar, which is adjacent to this location, experienced some heavy rain prior to this event. This did result in the need for the road to be cleaned, although no reports of the road being closed specifically due to this rockfall were received. Additionally, no reports of damages, injuries, or fatalities were received.
June 2024Flash FloodGateway-A strong thunderstorm moved through Gateway with heavy rain rates of 1 to 3 inches per hour, where 1.18 inches of rain fell in a 30 minute period. Flooding occurred due to the heavy rain rates where water moved wood and rocks into a nearby creek. Internet service was lost during this time.
June 2015Flash FloodGateway-Heavy rainfall resulted in flash flooding across a remote section of Highway 141.
August 2014Flash FloodGateway-Several dirt roads in the Gateway area were washed out by heavy runoff from rainfall.
September 2007Heavy RainGateway-Rainfall of 1.00 inch fell in 25 minutes.
October 2006FloodGateway-West Creek overflowed it's banks and flooded pastureland.
May 2006Funnel CloudGateway-no account filed
September 2005Heavy RainGateway-no account filed
August 2004Heavy RainGateway-no account filed
September 2002Flash FloodGateway-no account filed
August 2001FloodGateway-no account filed
August 2001FloodGateway-no account filed
July 2001FloodGateway-no account filed
July 2000WildfireGateway-no account filed
August 2000HailGateway-no account filed
August 1997Funnel CloudGateway-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Mesa 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
Glade Park24.8 miles16
Utaline30.9 miles21
Redlands32.7 miles17
Kannah33.1 miles16
Bridgeport33.3 miles17
Rosevale33.4 miles14
Orchard Mesa33.5 miles14
Durham34.3 miles14

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.

Wikipedia article on GatewayAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5527186The 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 185409. 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.