Mountain View, Colorado
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Nucla census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81424. The Survey maps it on the Big Bucktail Creek quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1956 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Big Bucktail Creek quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Nucla quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Big Bucktail Creek quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
153 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 153 fires within 5 miles of Mountain View between 1992 and 2019, burning about 3,011 acres in total. 143 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 | 143 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2003 | Natural | 4.5 acres | Southwest District, Montrose | COAL CYN |
| 6 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | PINTO |
| 4 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | KELLEY |
| 4 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | WALKER |
| 30 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | CHOP |
| 3 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | NAVAJO MINE |
| 3 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | DITCH |
| 29 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | ROLLER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Mountain View: 6 past producers, 3 unknowns, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Radium, Uranium, Vanadium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farmer Boy | Radium, Uranium, Vanadium | Past Producer | ||
| Oro (Naturita) Placer District | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | 1883, 1963 | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Montrose County Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Akers | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Cottonwood | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Goulding | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Hobbs | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Lauer | Gold | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nucla | 4.2 miles | 21 | |
| Piñon | 5.2 miles | 15 | |
| Naturita | 7.5 miles | 19 | |
| Vancorum | 7.8 miles | 19 | |
| East Vancorum | 8.0 miles | 19 | |
| West Vancorum | 8.2 miles | 19 | |
| Houser Cow Camp | 9.6 miles | 16 | |
| Redvale | 9.7 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 185900. 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.








