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Johnsons Corner, Colorado

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Grand Junction census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81504. The Survey maps it on the Clifton quadrangle.

Johnsons Corner within Mesa County

On record in Johnsons Corner

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

1,194 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,194 fires within 5 miles of Johnsons Corner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 13,308 acres in total. 12 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/undetermined1035
Smoking47
Debris and open burning29
Equipment and vehicle use24
Fireworks19
Recreation and ceremony14
Natural12
Arson/incendiarism6
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Other causes1
Firearms and explosives use1

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 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreClifton Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGrand Junction Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
9 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGrand Junction Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersGRAND JUNCTION
8 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreClifton Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
8 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGrand Junction Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
7 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGrand Junction Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
7 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGrand Junction Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mesa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 29 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Johnsons Corner: 15 unknowns, 6 occurrences, 6 producers, 1 prospect. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Gypsum-Anhydrite, 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
Colo Copper PropertiesCopperProducer
Lucius Pitkin IncUranium, VanadiumPast Producer
UnknownStone, DimensionOccurrenceMetamorphic
UnknownFire Clay (Refractory)Occurrence
Fireside EnterprisesLimestone, DimensionOccurrence
Himes DrillingLimestone, DimensionUnknown
Amax UraniumUraniumProspect
C-G-26UraniumOccurrence
UnknownGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrenceSedimentary
UnknownGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrenceSedimentary

Every working 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
Fruitvale0.7 miles12
Highland Park0.8 miles12
Pear Park2.0 miles12
Clifton2.5 miles12
Grand Junction3.5 miles14
Orchard Mesa4.5 miles14
Bridges Switch4.9 miles12
Rosevale4.9 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 174620. 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.