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Rosevale, Colorado

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Grand Junction census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81507. It stands on Gunnison River. The Survey maps it on the Grand Junction quadrangle.

Rosevale within Mesa County

On record in Rosevale

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 5 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

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

976 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 976 fires within 5 miles of Rosevale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 13,294 acres in total. 36 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/undetermined827
Smoking41
Natural36
Equipment and vehicle use26
Fireworks16
Recreation and ceremony12
Debris and open burning11
Arson/incendiarism4
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGrand Junction Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
9 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGrand Junction Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
9 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGrand Junction Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersGRAND JUNCTION
8 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGrand Junction Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
8 September 2014Missing 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

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mesa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 60 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 60 workings within 5 miles of Rosevale: 39 unknowns, 11 occurrences, 7 producers, 2 past producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Uranium, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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
UnnamedStoneUnknown
Fireside EnterprisesLimestone, DimensionOccurrence
Himes DrillingLimestone, DimensionUnknown
UnknownBarium-BariteOccurrenceHydrothermal Vein
Unnamed MineBarium-BariteUnknown
UnknownFire Clay (Refractory)Occurrence
UnknownGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrenceSedimentary

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
Grand Junction1.6 miles14
Orchard Mesa1.9 miles14
Durham2.2 miles14
Redlands3.2 miles17
Appleton4.4 miles14
Fruitvale4.7 miles12
Johnsons Corner4.9 miles12
Highland Park5.7 miles12

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.

Wikidata item Q122598560The 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 174579. 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.