Vallie, Colorado
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Cotopaxi census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81223. It stands on Hamilton Creek. The Survey maps it on the Howard quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 1954 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Howard quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1962 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Howard quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Canon City quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Howard quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
60 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Vallie between 1992 and 2020, burning about 146 acres in total. 17 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 31 |
| Natural | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | COTOPAXI |
| 2 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Royal Gorge Field Office | HAYDEN BALDY |
| 18 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fremont County | UNKNOWN |
| 14 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fremont County | UNKNOWN |
| 1 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Royal Gorge Field Office | KERR GULCH |
| 7 July 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Royal Gorge Field Office | HENTHORN |
| 4 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fremont County | UNKNOWN |
| 3 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fremont County | UNKNOWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 33 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 33 workings within 5 miles of Vallie: 11 past producers, 9 occurrences, 9 producers, 3 prospects. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Feldspar, Limestone, General, Granite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benton | REE | Occurrence | Allanite, Euxenite, Gadolinite, Monazite, Xenotime | |
| Benton Prospect | Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, REE, Thorium | Occurrence | Allanite, Euxenite, Gadolinite, Monazite, Xenotime | |
| Bill and Bud 2 and 4 | Uranium, Vanadium, Thorium | Past Producer | Allanite, Xenotime | |
| Coaldale Gypsum Quarry and Plant | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | ||
| Cotopaxi District | Zinc, Copper, Lead, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | 1850, 1875, 1945 | |
| Cotopaxi Mine | Copper, Zinc, Gold, Silver, Lead, Iron, Molybdenum, Tungsten | Past Producer | 1875, 1967 | |
| Howard Prospect | Feldspar, Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Howard Sand Gulch | Feldspar, Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Jones & Young Lease | Fluorine-Fluorite, Feldspar, Quartz, Beryllium | Past Producer | Beryl, Feldspar, Fluorite, Quartz | |
| Jones & Young Lease | Beryllium, Feldspar, Fluorine-Fluorite, Quartz | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coaldale | 2.1 miles | 18 | |
| Pleasanton | 2.4 miles | 17 | |
| Cotopaxi | 4.8 miles | 17 | |
| Howard | 5.0 miles | 19 | |
| Wellsville | 9.7 miles | 19 | |
| Texas Creek | 10.3 miles | 15 | |
| Hillside | 12.3 miles | 16 | |
| Echo | 12.8 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.
| Wikidata item Q122548399 | 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 191663. 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.









