Redvale, Colorado | |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | USA |
Pushpin Label: | Redvale |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Montrose County |
Government Type: | unincorporated community |
Unit Pref: | US |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 12.121 |
Area Land Km2: | 12.121 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.000 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 172 |
Population Density Km2: | 14.2 |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | -7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -6 |
Coordinates: | 38.1761°N -108.4125°W |
Elevation Ft: | 6500 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code[3] |
Postal Code: | 81431 |
Area Code: | 970 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature |
Blank Info: | 2629992 |
Redvale is an unincorporated town, a post office, and a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Montrose County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Montrose, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area. The Redvale post office has the ZIP Code 81431.[3] At the 2020 census, the population of the Redvale CDP was 172,[2] down from 236 in 2010.
Redvale is in southern Montrose County near the eastern end of the Colorado Plateau. The community is bordered to the south by San Miguel County. It sits atop Wrights Mesa, bordered by Naturita Canyon to the southwest and Maverick Draw to the northeast. Colorado State Highway 145 passes through the community, leading northwest 10miles to Naturita and southeast 9miles to Norwood.
The Redvale CDP has an area of 12.1km2, all land.[1] The community is in the watershed of the San Miguel River, leading northwest to the Dolores River which flows into the Colorado River in Utah.
The United States Census Bureau initially defined the for the