Mountain View, Colorado
31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Fort Collins census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80521. The Survey maps it on the Horsetooth Reservoir quadrangle.
On record in Mountain View
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
R. G. Maxwell Houselisted 1980 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 31 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 Fort Collins quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1907 USGS Livermore quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1908 USGS Fort Collins quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1909 USGS Livermore quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Horsetooth Reservoir quadrangle1:24000, 8 printings
- 1964 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Fort Collins quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
457 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 457 fires within 5 miles of Mountain View between 2003 and 2020, burning about 2,090 acres in total. 9 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/undetermined | 386 |
| Smoking | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Fireworks | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Poudre Fire Authority | UNKNOWN |
| 30 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Poudre Fire Authority | UNKNOWN |
| 29 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | FORT COLLINS |
| 27 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Poudre Fire Authority | UNKNOWN |
| 26 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | FORT COLLINS |
| 26 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | LAPORTE |
| 23 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | FORT COLLINS |
| 22 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Poudre Fire Authority | UNKNOWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 23 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Mountain View: 15 producers, 6 occurrences, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. 15 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fire Clay (Refractory), Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Challenger | Tungsten | Producer | ||
| Graphite Nos 1 To 7 | Graphite | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Unknown | Clay | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Unnamed Mine | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Boettcher Cement Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Colo Lien Company | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| State Lease | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
13 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mountain View in 13 storm reports between 2008 and 2014: 9 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2014 | Flash Flood | Mountain View | $10,000 | Heavy rain, up to 2 inches in 30 minutes, and torrential hail caused localized flash flooding in the vicinity of State Highway 287 and Harmony Road. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mountain View | - | Strong thunderstorm winds snapped numerous tree branches. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Mountain View | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Mountain View | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Mountain View | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Mountain View | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Mountain View | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Mountain View | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Mountain View | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Mountain View | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Mountain View | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mountain View | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mountain View | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laporte | 2.4 miles | 28 | |
| Fort Collins | 2.4 miles | 29 | |
| Bellvue | 3.2 miles | 28 | |
| Buckingham | 3.3 miles | 29 | |
| Drakes | 3.7 miles | 29 | |
| Andersonville | 3.8 miles | 29 | |
| Kenyon Corner | 4.4 miles | 29 | |
| Omega | 4.5 miles | 29 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 202461. 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.











