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Redlands, Colorado

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Grand Junction census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81507. It lies near Riggs Hill. The Survey maps it on the Colorado National Monument quadrangle. 9,061 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,656 feet above sea level.

Redlands within Mesa County

Population over time

2 figures

Redlands grew from 8,685 to 9,061 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20108,685
20209,061+376 (+4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

727 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 727 fires within 5 miles of Redlands between 1992 and 2020, burning about 463 acres in total. 62 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined553
Natural62
Smoking40
Equipment and vehicle use35
Recreation and ceremony10
Debris and open burning10
Fireworks9
Arson/incendiarism4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
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 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGrand Junction Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
9 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGrand Junction Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
8 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGrand Junction Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersN/A
7 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGrand Junction Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGrand Junction Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
6 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGrand Junction Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
6 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGrand Junction Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mesa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 43 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 43 workings within 5 miles of Redlands: 27 unknowns, 7 occurrences, 6 producers, 2 past producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Uranium, Barium-Barite. 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
Colo Copper PropertiesCopperProducer
Lucius Pitkin IncUranium, VanadiumPast Producer
UnknownStone, DimensionOccurrenceMetamorphic
UnknownFire Clay (Refractory)Occurrence
UnnamedStoneUnknown
Unnamed MineGypsum-AnhydriteUnknown
Fireside EnterprisesLimestone, DimensionOccurrence
Himes DrillingLimestone, DimensionUnknown
UnknownBarium-BariteOccurrenceHydrothermal Vein
Unnamed MineBarium-BariteUnknown

Every working recorded in Mesa County

Storms near this place

23 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Redlands in 23 storm reports between 1999 and 2022: 11 flash flood, 6 hail, 3 debris flow, 1 heavy rain. 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
August 1999HailRedlands$300,000no account filed
August 2001Flash FloodRedlands$25,000no account filed
July 2001Flash FloodRedlands$10,000no account filed
July 2022Flash FloodRedlands$1,000The Holy Bucket trail in Grand Junction received damage as a result of flash flooding from heavy rains with thunderstorms.
July 2022Flash FloodRedlands$1,000Several trails in the Lunch Loops trail system in Grand Junction received damage as a result of flash flooding from heavy rains with thunderstorms.
July 2022Debris FlowRedlands$500Mud, trees, and rocks flowed through a normally dry arroyo near the Lunch Loops trailhead as a result of heavy rainfall upstream.
July 2022Flash FloodRedlands$500Water was flowing in normally dry ravines near the east end of the Colorado National Monument as a result of heavy rain from thunderstorms.
August 2022Debris FlowRedlands$500Portions of Rim Rock Drive in the Colorado National Monument experienced a minor debris flow as mud flowed on the road due to heavy rain from thunderstorms.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindRedlands$20Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated to be around 50 MPH produced damage to an NWS employee's fence.
August 2018Debris FlowRedlands-Thunderstorms produced high rainfall rates as they moved over the Grand Valley. This resulted in a localized debris flow which occurred in across in the Red Canyon area of the Redlands at South Camp Road. A trained spotter reported that a lot of mud approximately 1 to 2 feet deep was deposited on the sidewalk. Rainfall totals in that area were between 0.50 and 0.75 of an inch.
August 2014HailRedlands-Hail up to the size of quarters piled up to 2 inch in depth in the Ridges subdivision of the Redlands.
July 2014Flash FloodRedlands-No Thoroughfare Canyon at the Tabeguache trailhead had fast flowing flood waters over 8 inches deep flowing through it for at least a couple of hours.
July 2014Flash FloodRedlands-Heavy rainfall, with 1.6 inches measured within about an hour in the Redlands, caused numerous dry washes to run with fast moving flood waters. Waterfalls came off the Colorado National Monument with comments from local residents that they were the most seen in over 14 years.
July 2014Flash FloodRedlands-A large channel between Monument and Fallen Rock roads ran full with fast moving flood waters that came off the Colorado National Monument.
August 2013Flash FloodRedlands-Normally dry washes were running full and fast on the east side of the Colorado National Monument.
August 2013Flash FloodRedlands-Water was running fast and deep in the dry washes at the Lunch Loops mountain bike trails.
June 2011Funnel CloudRedlands-A trained and experienced storm spotter observed and photographed a funnel cloud over the Uncompahgre Plateau near the Redlands area of Grand Junction.
June 2009Flash FloodRedlands-A normally dry arroyo was running 1 to 2 feet deep with rapidly flowing water. This flash flood occurred near a parking area at the head of popular hiking and biking trails, which temporarily stranded some people to the east of the arroyo.
October 2006Heavy RainRedlands-A 24 hour rainfall amount of .93 of an inch was measured.
May 2003HailRedlands-no account filed
September 2003HailRedlands-no account filed
July 2001HailRedlands-no account filed
July 2001HailRedlands-no account filed

Every storm 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
Durham2.0 miles14
Rosevale3.2 miles14
Appleton3.2 miles14
Rhone4.0 miles14
Grand Junction4.6 miles14
Orchard Mesa5.1 miles14
Fruitvale7.4 miles12
Fruita7.4 miles14

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 RedlandsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1829813The 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 202254. 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.