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Masonville, Colorado

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Loveland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80538. It lies near Buffman Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Masonville quadrangle. It stands 5,387 feet above sea level.

Masonville within Larimer County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 30 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

92 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of Masonville between 1994 and 2020, burning about 628 acres in total. 27 started naturally. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined50
Natural27
Equipment and vehicle use6
Recreation and ceremony5
Arson/incendiarism1
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Debris and open burning1

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
8 September 1998Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandSPRUCE MOUNTAIN
5 September 2012Recreation and ceremony2.7 acresArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandNARROWS
4 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePoudre Fire AuthorityUNKNOWN
3 September 2013Naturalunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandCEDAR CREEK
3 September 2013Naturalunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandSULZER GULCH
21 September 2008Naturalunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandSULZER
20 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLoveland Fire & Rescue DepartmentUNKNOWN
19 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresLarimer CountyMILDRED

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Larimer County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Masonville: 11 producers, 9 occurrences, 5 past producers. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Tungsten, Stone, Gold, Silver, Gold. 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
Big Four MineSilver, GoldProducerVein
BuckhornSilicaPast Producer
Estes Bell and HilltopUraniumOccurrenceVein
Estes Belle and Hilltop ClaimsBerylliumProducer
Loveland Sandstone QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mason MineSilver, Tungsten, GoldProducerVein
Masonville DistrictGold, Silver, Tungsten, Copper, NickelProducer1900, 1955
UnknownGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrenceSedimentary
UnknownFire Clay (Refractory)Occurrence
UnknownFire Clay (Refractory)Occurrence

Every working recorded in Larimer County

Storms near this place

19 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Masonville in 19 storm reports between 2003 and 2023: 14 hail, 3 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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
July 2021Flash FloodMasonville$10,000Flash flooding occurred on Big Bear Road, Storm Mountain Road and areas south. Big Bear Road sustained damage.
July 2010Flash FloodMasonville$10,000Flash flooding was reported 1 mile north of Loveland and 3 miles south of Masonville. State Highways 27 and 29 were inundated with up to a foot of water, rocks and mud. Heavy rain caused 6 to 10 inches of rain to stream across County Road 27.
July 2022Heavy RainMasonville-Minor flooding of a private road was reported.
September 2013Flash FloodMasonville-Heavy rain continued to produce widespread flash flooding in the High Park burn area and surrounding locations.
August 2023HailMasonville-no account filed
May 2018HailMasonville-no account filed
July 2018HailMasonville-no account filed
June 2015HailMasonville-no account filed
July 2014HailMasonville-no account filed
July 2011HailMasonville-no account filed
July 2011HailMasonville-no account filed
June 2011HailMasonville-no account filed
June 2011HailMasonville-no account filed
July 2010HailMasonville-no account filed
July 2010HailMasonville-no account filed
June 2009HailMasonville-no account filed
July 2007HailMasonville-no account filed
April 2005Thunderstorm WindMasonville-no account filed
July 2003HailMasonville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Larimer 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
Horsetooth Heights3.2 miles31
Little Dam4.5 miles30
Cedar Cove5.7 miles23
Trilby Corner7.1 miles28
Midway7.1 miles23
McClellands7.4 miles29
Omega7.8 miles29
Drake7.9 miles23

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 MasonvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6783820The 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 204676. 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.