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Massadona, Colorado

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Dinosaur census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81610. The Survey maps it on the Skull Creek quadrangle.

Massadona within Moffat County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

76 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Massadona between 1992 and 2018, burning about 4,485 acres in total. 62 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
Natural62
Equipment and vehicle use5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Debris and open burning3
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2003Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, CraigMILLER
9 September 1999Debris and open burning67 acresNorthwest District, CraigJONES TWIS
5 September 2016Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, CraigPOWDER
23 September 1995Recreation and ceremony45 acresMoffat Countynot named
21 September 1992Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, CraigTHE SKULL
17 September 2012Equipment and vehicle use108 acresNorthwest District, CraigTHREE SPRINGS
13 September 1997Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, CraigEDDIE
11 September 1994Natural3.0 acresNorthwest District, CraigNORTH BOX

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Moffat County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Massadona: 4 occurrences, 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Vanadium, Uranium, Vanadium, Copper. 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
Blue Mountain GroupUranium, Vanadium, CopperPast ProducerCarnotite, Uraninite
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrenceSedimentary
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel
Biles ShaftVanadiumOccurrence
Blue Mountain No. 4Uranium, VanadiumPast Producer
Cleta GroupUraniumPast Producer
UnknownUraniumOccurrence

Every working recorded in Moffat County

Storms near this place

9 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Massadona in 9 storm reports between 2000 and 2024: 5 wildfire, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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
June 2024Thunderstorm WindMassadona-The Pinto RAWS station recorded a gust to 60 mph with a passing thunderstorm. This storm also produced a gust to 49 mph at the KEEO ASOS at Meeker Airport.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindMassadona-Thunderstorms tracked across Rio Blanco and Routt counties on the afternoon of the 27th, producing strong to severe wind gusts as they did so. Recorded wind gusts ranged from 50 mph to 60 mph, with the peak gust being recorded at the PIRC2 Pinto mesonet site, 18 miles southeast of Massadona. Gusts into the 50s were recorded at KEEO ASOS at Meeker Airport and KHDN AWOS at Yampa Valley Airport in Hayden. No reports of damages or injuries were received.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindMassadona-Thunderstorm outflow winds estimated to 65 mph knocked out power for 2 to 3 hours in Massadona.
June 2009HailMassadona-Hail up to one inch in diameter completely covered the ground like a layer of snow.
June 2002WildfireMassadona-no account filed
July 2002WildfireMassadona-no account filed
July 2000WildfireMassadona-no account filed
July 2000WildfireMassadona-no account filed
July 2000WildfireMassadona-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Moffat 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
Jack Springs7.6 miles12
Blue Mountain11.7 miles12
Elk Springs12.4 miles15
Dinosaur19.8 miles18
Robinson Place21.1 miles15
Greystone24.7 miles11
Sunbeam31.3 miles13
Maybell34.6 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 170927. 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.