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Mount Lincoln, Colorado

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Clifton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81526. The Survey maps it on the Clifton quadrangle.

Mount Lincoln within Mesa County

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

373 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 373 fires within 5 miles of Mount Lincoln between 1992 and 2020, burning about 344 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined302
Debris and open burning17
Natural14
Smoking12
Recreation and ceremony11
Equipment and vehicle use6
Fireworks4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Arson/incendiarism2
Firearms and explosives use1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
7 September 2019Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionCACTUS FIRE
7 September 1993Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionCOAL CYN 1
7 September 1993Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionCOAL CYN 2
30 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreClifton Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
29 September 1998Natural5.0 acresNorthwest District, Grand JunctionHORSE MTN
28 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
28 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mesa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Mount Lincoln: 12 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Vanadium, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Gearhart Mt GarfieldSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
MidwestUranium, VanadiumUnknown
Mount LincolnUranium, VanadiumUnknown
Blue FlameUraniumUnknown
Farmers MineUraniumUnknown
GarfieldUraniumUnknown
Go Boy MineUraniumUnknown
Midwest Red ArrowUraniumUnknown
Mt LincolnUraniumUnknown
Unnamed MineUraniumUnknown

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
Bridges Switch1.2 miles12
Palisade1.7 miles15
Clifton3.6 miles12
Cameo4.4 miles16
Highland Park5.3 miles12
Pear Park5.3 miles12
Johnsons Corner6.1 miles12
Fruitvale6.2 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 174614. 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.