Uravan, Colorado
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Nucla census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81422. It lies near Hieroglyphic Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Uravan quadrangle.
On record in Uravan
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 1 record
Hanging Flumelisted 1980
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 26 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.
- 1916 USGS Paradox Valley quadrangle1:125000
- 1922 USGS Paradox Valley quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Uravan quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Uravan quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Nucla quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Uravan quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Nucla quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Uravan quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
69 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Uravan between 1993 and 2020, burning about 69 acres in total. 61 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 | 61 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | THREE |
| 6 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | HONEYMOON |
| 4 September 2002 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Southwest District, Montrose | ATKINSON M |
| 3 September 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | BLUE SPR P |
| 19 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | ATKIN |
| 13 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | ATKINSON |
| 8 August 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | SAUCER |
| 6 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | URAVAN AIR |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 426 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 426 workings within 5 miles of Uravan: 287 past producers, 55 occurrences, 41 unknowns, 40 producers. 40 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Vanadium, Uranium, Vanadium, Vanadium, Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipeta Placer District | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | 1884 | |
| Club Group | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Scott Brothers Potash | Potassium | Past Producer | ||
| Star #3 Mine | Tantalum, Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| U.S. Vanadium Corp. Salt Works | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| Worcester Mine | Uranium, Gold, Vanadium | Past Producer | ||
| Camp Marvel Carnotite Mine | Radium, Uranium, Vanadium | Past Producer | ||
| Marvel | Radium, Uranium, Vanadium | Past Producer | ||
| Aurora Placer No. 2 | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Hardscrabble | Gold | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Uravan in 9 storm reports between 2001 and 2024: 4 debris flow, 2 flood, 1 hail, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 death. 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 2006 | Lightning | Uravan | 1 killed | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Debris Flow | Uravan | $5,000 | A debris flow occurred along Colorado Highway 141 between mile markers 69 through 79 as a result of heavy rains. The road was closed for several hours due to cleanup operations. |
| April 2023 | Flood | Uravan | $1,000 | Rapid snowmelt led the Dolores River to overrun its banks. This led to flooding across Y11 Road in Montrose County, near Uravan. |
| August 2021 | Debris Flow | Uravan | $1,000 | The Colorado Department of Transportation reported Colorado Highway 141 had alternating traffic due to mudslide clean-up between County Road Y11 and County Road Q12. |
| August 2024 | Debris Flow | Uravan | - | Heavy rains resulted in erosion of the Highway 141 bridge at mile marker 85.6 over Mesa Creek, roughly 8 miles northwest of Uravan. CDOT closed Highway 141 in both directions on August 12 at 1010 MST, nearly 24 to 36 hours after the inciting debris flow and scouring due to the compromised bridge. |
| July 2013 | Debris Flow | Uravan | - | Heavy rainfall resulted in a mudslide over Highway 141 near Uravan. |
| September 2006 | Flash Flood | Uravan | - | no account filed |
| September 2002 | Hail | Uravan | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Flood | Uravan | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bedrock | 9.0 miles | 27 | |
| Paradox | 12.0 miles | 27 | |
| Vancorum | 12.0 miles | 19 | |
| West Vancorum | 12.1 miles | 19 | |
| Nucla | 12.1 miles | 21 | |
| East Vancorum | 12.3 miles | 19 | |
| Naturita | 13.6 miles | 19 | |
| Mountain View | 14.1 miles | 15 |
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 Uravan | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7899800 | 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 203153. 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.













