Redvale, Colorado
16 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 81431. It lies near Quinn Draw. The Survey maps it on the Redvale quadrangle. 172 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,500 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresRedvale fell from 236 to 172 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 | 236 | |
| 2020 | 172 | -64 (-27%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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
- 1964 USGS Redvale quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Nucla quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Redvale quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
154 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 154 fires within 5 miles of Redvale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,045 acres in total. 140 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 | 140 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | MAVRICK |
| 7 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | BURNS |
| 7 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | MANLY |
| 6 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | GRASS |
| 5 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | BROAD |
| 27 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | WICKSON DW |
| 24 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | ROCK HOUSE |
| 21 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | QUINN DRAW |
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 Redvale: 7 unknowns, 3 occurrences, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Radium, Manganese, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Pit | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Johnstown | Radium | Past Producer | ||
| Klondykee | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
3 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Redvale in 3 storm reports between 2001 and 2013: 1 hail, 1 heavy rain, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2013 | Flash Flood | Redvale | - | Flowing water at least six inches deep was reported over Highway 145 between mile markers 84 and 85. |
| August 2007 | Heavy Rain | Redvale | - | Heavy rain producing thunderstorms caused minor flooding of county roads along the Montrose County and San Miguel County border. |
| July 2001 | Hail | Redvale | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coventry | 2.5 miles | 16 | |
| Piñon | 6.4 miles | 15 | |
| Naturita | 8.6 miles | 19 | |
| Nucla | 9.5 miles | 21 | |
| Ute | 9.5 miles | 16 | |
| Mountain View | 9.7 miles | 15 | |
| East Vancorum | 10.1 miles | 19 | |
| Vancorum | 10.2 miles | 19 |
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 Redvale | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7306434 | 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 204742. 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.








