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Rhone, Colorado

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Fruita census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81521. It stands on Hunter Wash. The Survey maps it on the Fruita quadrangle.

Rhone within Mesa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

520 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 520 fires within 5 miles of Rhone between 1992 and 2020, burning about 652 acres in total. 38 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/undetermined341
Smoking62
Natural38
Equipment and vehicle use34
Debris and open burning13
Recreation and ceremony12
Fireworks9
Arson/incendiarism4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2013Missing 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 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresNorthwest District, Grand JunctionKINGS VIEW
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGrand Junction Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMesa CountyMM 20
6 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGrand Junction Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
6 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGrand Junction Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
6 September 1996Naturalunder an acreColorado National MonumentJOES FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mesa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Rhone: 17 unknowns, 3 producers, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Fire Clay (Refractory), Clay. 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
UnknownFire Clay (Refractory)Occurrence
UnnamedStoneUnknown
Unnamed MineClayUnknown
Unnamed MineBarium-BariteUnknown
Allen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Fruita Ready MixSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working 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
Fruita3.5 miles14
Appleton3.7 miles14
Redlands4.0 miles17
Durham5.0 miles14
Gilsonite6.3 miles13
Rosevale6.9 miles14
Grand Junction8.0 miles14
Loma8.6 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 202238. 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.