Iola, Colorado

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Sapinero census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81230. It stands on Stevens Creek. The Survey maps it on the Big Mesa quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Iola within Gunnison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 21 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.

1908 USGS Uncompahgre quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1911 USGS Uncompahgre quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1954 USGS Big Mesa quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1954 USGS Iola quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1956 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1959 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1968 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000
1983 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

17 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Iola (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 619 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
Recreation and ceremony	6
Natural	4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Debris and open burning	1
Fireworks	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
4 September 2000	Recreation and ceremony	11 acres	Southwest District, Montrose	WEST FORK
22 August 1997	Natural	2.0 acres	Curecanti National Recreation Area	L VORTAC
16 August 1998	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Curecanti National Recreation Area	IOLA
9 July 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Curecanti National Recreation Area	ELK CREEK
4 July 2010	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Curecanti National Recreation Area	STEVENS CREEK
10 July 2002	Natural	585 acres	Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests	STEUBEN
7 June 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Curecanti National Recreation Area	ASH
4 June 1998	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	Curecanti National Recreation Area	STEVENS

Every fire recorded in Gunnison County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Iola (historical): 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Thorium, REE, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence	Gravel
	Unnamed Thorium Occurrence	Thorium, REE	Occurrence	1955

Every working 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Midway (historical)	9.3 miles	16
Vulcan (historical)	10.3 miles	16
Gunnison	10.3 miles	14
Sapinero	10.9 miles	24
Chance	13.4 miles	12
Powderhorn	13.7 miles	16
Gateview	14.1 miles	19
Sillsville	17.9 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 196437. 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.