Molina, Colorado
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Collbran census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81646. It stands on Cottonwood Creek. The Survey maps it on the Molina quadrangle. It stands 7,306 feet above sea level.
On record in Molina
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 1 record
Convicts' Bread Ovenlisted 1974
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1955 USGS Molina quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Grand Junction quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Grand Junction quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Grand Junction quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Grand Junction quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Grand Junction quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Grand Junction quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Grand Junction quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
55 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Molina between 1992 and 2020, burning about 412 acres in total. 41 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 41 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | ATWELL GULCH |
| 30 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | TSUNAMI |
| 20 September 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | BEEHIVE |
| 20 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 17 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 16 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | LATER GJ MEX 550 |
| 12 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | not named |
| 7 August 2018 | Natural | 20 acres | Northwest District, Grand Junction | BULL BASIN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Molina: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Quartz, Feldspar, Mica, Tin. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Molina Deposit | Quartz, Feldspar, Mica, Tin | Unknown |
Storms near this place
4 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Molina in 4 storm reports between 1998 and 2017: 1 funnel cloud, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 debris flow. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1999 | Hail | Molina | $30,000 | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Debris Flow | Molina | - | Heavy rainfall caused a large amount of mud and rocks to flow across Highway 330 between mile markers 7 and 8. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Molina | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Funnel Cloud | Molina | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mesa | 4.5 miles | 16 | |
| Plateau City | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| John Held Corner | 5.4 miles | 16 | |
| Collbran | 6.3 miles | 13 | |
| Mesa Lakes | 9.8 miles | 16 | |
| Mesa Lakes Resort | 9.8 miles | 16 | |
| Akin | 11.7 miles | 15 | |
| De Beque | 13.0 miles | 17 |
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 Molina | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6896174 | 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 204661. 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.







