Rockvale, Colorado
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Florence census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81226. It stands on South Oak Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rockvale quadrangle. 511 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,463 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 23 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.
- 1889 USGS Canon City quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1892 USGS Canon City quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1892 USGS Canyon City quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Rockvale quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Canon City quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Rockvale quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
341 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 341 fires within 5 miles of Rockvale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 96 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 3 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 | 288 |
| Natural | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Fireworks | 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 | Williamsburg Volunteer Fire Department (Florence Fire Protection District) | UNKNOWN |
| 5 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Canon City Area Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 4 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Williamsburg Volunteer Fire Department (Florence Fire Protection District) | UNKNOWN |
| 30 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Williamsburg Volunteer Fire Department (Florence Fire Protection District) | UNKNOWN |
| 30 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | STULTZ |
| 26 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Williamsburg Volunteer Fire Department (Florence Fire Protection District) | UNKNOWN |
| 2 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Williamsburg Volunteer Fire Department (Florence Fire Protection District) | UNKNOWN |
| 2 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Williamsburg Volunteer Fire Department (Florence Fire Protection District) | UNKNOWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 55 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 55 workings within 5 miles of Rockvale: 25 past producers, 24 producers, 4 occurrences, 1 plant. 25 still produce. What was taken out: Feldspar, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bentley Pegmatite | Feldspar, Mica, Quartz | Past Producer | Feldspar, Mica, Quartz | |
| Canon City Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | Limonite, Siderite | |
| Horse Shoe & El Ploma | Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Last Hope | Feldspar, Mica, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Quartz | Producer | Mica, Microcline, Quartz | |
| Oak Creek | Feldspar, Mica | Producer | ||
| Oak Creek Grade Prsopect | Feldspar, Mica | Occurrence | ||
| White King, State Rock | Silica | Producer | ||
| Florence Perlite Mill | Perlite | Producer | ||
| Persolite | Perlite | Producer | ||
| Unidentified Placer Occurrence | Gold | Occurrence | Placer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rockvale in 2 storm reports between 2007 and 2021: 1 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Rockvale | - | High water and wash outs on Chandler road and County road 78. |
| August 2007 | Hail | Rockvale | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coal Creek | 1.0 miles | 23 | |
| Williamsburg | 1.1 miles | 24 | |
| Chandler (historical) | 2.0 miles | 23 | |
| Florence | 2.8 miles | 24 | |
| Brookside | 3.5 miles | 24 | |
| Lincoln Park | 5.1 miles | 24 | |
| Prospect Heights | 5.5 miles | 24 | |
| East Canon | 6.3 miles | 24 |
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 Rockvale | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1816835 | 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 203568. 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.











