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.
Population over time
2 figuresRedlands 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 8,685 | |
| 2020 | 9,061 | +376 (+4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1934 USGS Colorado National Monument quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Grand Junction quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Grand Junction quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Grand Junction quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Colorado National Monument quadrangle1:24000, 6 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
727 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 553 |
| Natural | 62 |
| Smoking | 40 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 35 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Fireworks | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Grand Junction Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 9 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Grand Junction Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 8 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Grand Junction Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 7 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | N/A |
| 7 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Grand Junction Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Grand Junction Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 6 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Grand Junction Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 6 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Grand Junction Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 43 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colo Copper Properties | Copper | Producer | ||
| Lucius Pitkin Inc | Uranium, Vanadium | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Dimension | Occurrence | Metamorphic | |
| Unknown | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Mine | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Unknown | ||
| Fireside Enterprises | Limestone, Dimension | Occurrence | ||
| Himes Drilling | Limestone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Barium-Barite | Occurrence | Hydrothermal Vein | |
| Unnamed Mine | Barium-Barite | Unknown |
Storms near this place
23 since 1999Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1999 | Hail | Redlands | $300,000 | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Flash Flood | Redlands | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Flash Flood | Redlands | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Flash Flood | Redlands | $1,000 | The Holy Bucket trail in Grand Junction received damage as a result of flash flooding from heavy rains with thunderstorms. |
| July 2022 | Flash Flood | Redlands | $1,000 | Several trails in the Lunch Loops trail system in Grand Junction received damage as a result of flash flooding from heavy rains with thunderstorms. |
| July 2022 | Debris Flow | Redlands | $500 | Mud, trees, and rocks flowed through a normally dry arroyo near the Lunch Loops trailhead as a result of heavy rainfall upstream. |
| July 2022 | Flash Flood | Redlands | $500 | Water was flowing in normally dry ravines near the east end of the Colorado National Monument as a result of heavy rain from thunderstorms. |
| August 2022 | Debris Flow | Redlands | $500 | Portions 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 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Redlands | $20 | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated to be around 50 MPH produced damage to an NWS employee's fence. |
| August 2018 | Debris Flow | Redlands | - | 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 2014 | Hail | Redlands | - | Hail up to the size of quarters piled up to 2 inch in depth in the Ridges subdivision of the Redlands. |
| July 2014 | Flash Flood | Redlands | - | 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 2014 | Flash Flood | Redlands | - | 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 2014 | Flash Flood | Redlands | - | A large channel between Monument and Fallen Rock roads ran full with fast moving flood waters that came off the Colorado National Monument. |
| August 2013 | Flash Flood | Redlands | - | Normally dry washes were running full and fast on the east side of the Colorado National Monument. |
| August 2013 | Flash Flood | Redlands | - | Water was running fast and deep in the dry washes at the Lunch Loops mountain bike trails. |
| June 2011 | Funnel Cloud | Redlands | - | A trained and experienced storm spotter observed and photographed a funnel cloud over the Uncompahgre Plateau near the Redlands area of Grand Junction. |
| June 2009 | Flash Flood | Redlands | - | 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 2006 | Heavy Rain | Redlands | - | A 24 hour rainfall amount of .93 of an inch was measured. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Redlands | - | no account filed |
| September 2003 | Hail | Redlands | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Redlands | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Redlands | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Durham | 2.0 miles | 14 | |
| Rosevale | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Appleton | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Rhone | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Grand Junction | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Orchard Mesa | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Fruitvale | 7.4 miles | 12 | |
| Fruita | 7.4 miles | 14 |
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 Redlands | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1829813 | 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 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.








