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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.

Vallie within Fremont County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

60 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined31
Natural17
Recreation and ceremony5
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking2
Debris and open burning1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
13 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersCOTOPAXI
2 August 2012Naturalunder an acreRoyal Gorge Field OfficeHAYDEN BALDY
18 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFremont CountyUNKNOWN
14 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFremont CountyUNKNOWN
1 August 1994Naturalunder an acreRoyal Gorge Field OfficeKERR GULCH
7 July 1996Naturalunder an acreRoyal Gorge Field OfficeHENTHORN
4 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFremont CountyUNKNOWN
3 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFremont CountyUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fremont County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 33 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
BentonREEOccurrenceAllanite, Euxenite, Gadolinite, Monazite, Xenotime
Benton ProspectNiobium (Columbium), Tantalum, REE, ThoriumOccurrenceAllanite, Euxenite, Gadolinite, Monazite, Xenotime
Bill and Bud 2 and 4Uranium, Vanadium, ThoriumPast ProducerAllanite, Xenotime
Coaldale Gypsum Quarry and PlantGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Cotopaxi DistrictZinc, Copper, Lead, Gold, SilverPast Producer1850, 1875, 1945
Cotopaxi MineCopper, Zinc, Gold, Silver, Lead, Iron, Molybdenum, TungstenPast Producer1875, 1967
Howard ProspectFeldspar, SilicaPast Producer
Howard Sand GulchFeldspar, SilicaPast Producer
Jones & Young LeaseFluorine-Fluorite, Feldspar, Quartz, BerylliumPast ProducerBeryl, Feldspar, Fluorite, Quartz
Jones & Young LeaseBeryllium, Feldspar, Fluorine-Fluorite, QuartzPast Producer

Every working recorded in Fremont 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
Coaldale2.1 miles18
Pleasanton2.4 miles17
Cotopaxi4.8 miles17
Howard5.0 miles19
Wellsville9.7 miles19
Texas Creek10.3 miles15
Hillside12.3 miles16
Echo12.8 miles15

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 Q122548399The 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.