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Grandview, Colorado

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Durango census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81303. It lies near Sale Barn Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Loma Linda quadrangle.

Grandview within La Plata County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

297 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 297 fires within 5 miles of Grandview between 1992 and 2020, burning about 665 acres in total. 65 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/undetermined174
Natural65
Recreation and ceremony18
Debris and open burning16
Smoking11
Arson/incendiarism6
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
9 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDurango Fire Rescue AuthorityN/A
8 September 2020Naturalunder an acreLa Plata CountyTHREE SPRINGS
7 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDurango Fire Rescue AuthorityUNKNOWN
6 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDurango Fire Rescue AuthorityUNKNOWN
6 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDurango Fire Rescue AuthorityUNKNOWN
4 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDurango Fire Rescue AuthorityUNKNOWN
30 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDurango Fire Rescue AuthorityUNKNOWN
28 September 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreDurango Fire Rescue AuthorityUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in La Plata County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 31 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Grandview: 28 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, Gold, 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
Bell QuarryCalciumPast Producer
Hazel Mine GroupSilver, Tellurium, GoldPast Producer
Miller Mtn.LeadPast Producer
UnknownVolcanic MaterialsOccurrence
Durango MillUranium, VanadiumPast Producer
V.C.A. MillUranium, VanadiumPast Producer
Uranium Enterprise Inc.UraniumPast Producer
Champion Gold, Inc.Gold, SilverPast Producer
City MineSilverPast Producer
Gold CoinGoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in La Plata 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
Piñon Acres0.5 miles20
Loma Linda1.7 miles20
Griffth (historical)1.9 miles20
Falfa2.2 miles20
Carbon Junction2.2 miles20
Florida4.0 miles20
Durango4.3 miles30
Oxford7.2 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 184374. 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.