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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 30 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1906 USGS Loveland quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1908 USGS Loveland quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1954 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Masonville quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Masonville quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1964 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Estes Park quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
92 since 1994Regional 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/undetermined | 50 |
| Natural | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | SPRUCE MOUNTAIN |
| 5 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.7 acres | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | NARROWS |
| 4 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Poudre Fire Authority | UNKNOWN |
| 3 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | CEDAR CREEK |
| 3 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | SULZER GULCH |
| 21 September 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | SULZER |
| 20 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Loveland Fire & Rescue Department | UNKNOWN |
| 19 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Larimer County | MILDRED |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 25 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Four Mine | Silver, Gold | Producer | Vein | |
| Buckhorn | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Estes Bell and Hilltop | Uranium | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Estes Belle and Hilltop Claims | Beryllium | Producer | ||
| Loveland Sandstone Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Mason Mine | Silver, Tungsten, Gold | Producer | Vein | |
| Masonville District | Gold, Silver, Tungsten, Copper, Nickel | Producer | 1900, 1955 | |
| Unknown | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Unknown | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
19 since 2003Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Masonville | $10,000 | Flash flooding occurred on Big Bear Road, Storm Mountain Road and areas south. Big Bear Road sustained damage. |
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | Masonville | $10,000 | Flash 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 2022 | Heavy Rain | Masonville | - | Minor flooding of a private road was reported. |
| September 2013 | Flash Flood | Masonville | - | Heavy rain continued to produce widespread flash flooding in the High Park burn area and surrounding locations. |
| August 2023 | Hail | Masonville | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Masonville | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Masonville | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Masonville | - | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Hail | Masonville | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Masonville | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Masonville | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Masonville | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Masonville | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Masonville | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Masonville | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Masonville | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Masonville | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Masonville | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Masonville | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horsetooth Heights | 3.2 miles | 31 | |
| Little Dam | 4.5 miles | 30 | |
| Cedar Cove | 5.7 miles | 23 | |
| Trilby Corner | 7.1 miles | 28 | |
| Midway | 7.1 miles | 23 | |
| McClellands | 7.4 miles | 29 | |
| Omega | 7.8 miles | 29 | |
| Drake | 7.9 miles | 23 |
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 Masonville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6783820 | The 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.










