Monte Vista, Colorado

{{short description|City in Rio Grande County, Colorado, United States}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Monte Vista, Colorado

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| settlement_type = Home rule municipality{{cite web |url=https://dola.colorado.gov/lgis/municipalities.jsf|title=Active Colorado Municipalities|publisher=State of Colorado, Colorado Department of Local Affairs, Division of Local Government|access-date=January 27, 2021}}

| official_name = City of Monte Vista

| motto = Experience the Full Monte

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| image_caption = Downtown Monte Vista in late 2012

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| subdivision_type = Country

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| subdivision_type1 = State

| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Colorado}}

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = Rio Grande County{{cite web |url=https://dola.colorado.gov/lgis/counties.jsf|title=Colorado Counties|publisher=State of Colorado, Colorado Department of Local Affairs, Division of Local Government|access-date=January 27, 2021}}

| subdivision_type3 = City

| subdivision_name3 = Monte Vista

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| government_type = Home rule municipality

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| established_title2 = Incorporated

| established_date2 = September 27, 1886{{cite web | url = http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/muninc.html | title = Colorado Municipal Incorporations | publisher = State of Colorado, Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives | date = December 1, 2004 | accessdate = September 2, 2007}}

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| unit_pref = Imperial

| area_footnotes = {{cite web|title=2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_place_08.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=July 1, 2020}}

| area_total_km2 = 6.87

| area_land_km2 = 6.82

| area_water_km2 = 0.05

| area_total_sq_mi = 2.65

| area_land_sq_mi = 2.63

| area_water_sq_mi = 0.02

| population_as_of = 2020

| population_footnotes = {{cite web |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Monte_Vista_city,_Colorado?g=160XX00US0851635 |title=Monte Vista city, Colorado |author=United States Census Bureau|date= |website= |publisher= |access-date=April 5, 2023 |quote=}}

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| population_total = 4247

| population_density_km2 = auto

| population_density_sq_mi = auto

| timezone = Mountain (MST)

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| coordinates = {{coord|37|34|41|N|106|08|35|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}

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| elevation_ft = 7664

| postal_code_type = ZIP codes{{cite web | url = http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/citytown.jsp | title = ZIP Code Lookup | format = JavaScript/HTML | publisher = United States Postal Service | accessdate = November 23, 2007 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20101104123722/http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/citytown.jsp | archivedate = November 4, 2010 }}

| postal_code = 81135 (PO Box), 81144

| area_code = 719

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| blank_info = 08-51635

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| blank1_info = 2411143{{GNIS|2411143}}

| website = {{URL|https://cityofmontevista.colorado.gov/}}

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The City of Monte Vista is the home rule municipality that is the most populous municipality in Rio Grande County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 4,247 at the 2020 Census.

History

Monte Vista was laid out in 1884. The site had previously served as a watering stop for the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BOTa5gUx4x0C&dq=Monte+Vista%2C+Colorado&pg=PT320 | title=John Fielder's Best of Colorado | publisher=Big Earth Publishing | date=2002 | accessdate=November 4, 2013 | author=Fielder, John | pages=319| isbn=9781565794290 }} Monte Vista is the Spanish translation of "mountain view."{{cite book|last=Dawson|first=John Frank|title=Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015051116740;view=1up;seq=41|publisher=The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co.|location=Denver, CO|page=35}}

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of {{convert|2.0|sqmi|km2}}, of which, {{convert|1.9|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|0.1|sqmi|km2}} (2.56%) is water.

Demographics

{{US Census population|align=left

|1890= 780

|1900= 556

|1910= 2544

|1920= 2484

|1930= 2610

|1940= 3208

|1950= 3272

|1960= 3385

|1970= 3909

|1980= 3902

|1990= 4324

|2000= 4529

|2010= 4444

|2020= 4247

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Culture

Monte Vista is served by the Carnegie Public Library.

Every March, nearly 20,000 Sandhill Cranes descend on the San Luis Valley before continuing their northward spring migration.

Climate

Monte Vista has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk).

{{Weather box

|location = Monte Vista 2W, Colorado, 1991–2020 normals, 1893-2020 extremes: {{convert|7695|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|single line = Yes

|collapsed = Yes

|Jan record high F = 61

|Feb record high F = 65

|Mar record high F = 73

|Apr record high F = 78

|May record high F = 89

|Jun record high F = 92

|Jul record high F = 96

|Aug record high F = 90

|Sep record high F = 87

|Oct record high F = 80

|Nov record high F = 69

|Dec record high F = 61

|year record high F =

|Jan avg record high F = 47.8

|Feb avg record high F = 52.7

|Mar avg record high F = 65.9

|Apr avg record high F = 72.2

|May avg record high F = 79.0

|Jun avg record high F = 86.7

|Jul avg record high F = 88.0

|Aug avg record high F = 84.7

|Sep avg record high F = 81.3

|Oct avg record high F = 74.7

|Nov avg record high F = 62.2

|Dec avg record high F = 51.1

|year avg record high F = 88.8

|Jan high F = 33.1

|Feb high F = 39.6

|Mar high F = 51.5

|Apr high F = 58.8

|May high F = 67.1

|Jun high F = 77.2

|Jul high F = 80.1

|Aug high F = 77.8

|Sep high F = 72.5

|Oct high F = 61.6

|Nov high F = 48.1

|Dec high F = 34.5

|year high F =

|Jan mean F = 15.4

|Feb mean F = 22.3

|Mar mean F = 33.7

|Apr mean F = 40.5

|May mean F = 49.2

|Jun mean F = 57.7

|Jul mean F = 62.5

|Aug mean F = 60.6

|Sep mean F = 53.7

|Oct mean F = 42.4

|Nov mean F = 29.9

|Dec mean F = 17.2

|year mean F =

|Jan low F = -2.2

|Feb low F = 5.0

|Mar low F = 15.8

|Apr low F = 22.2

|May low F = 31.4

|Jun low F = 38.3

|Jul low F = 44.9

|Aug low F = 43.3

|Sep low F = 34.8

|Oct low F = 23.2

|Nov low F = 11.7

|Dec low F = -0.1

|year low F =

|Jan avg record low F = -15.2

|Feb avg record low F = -10.5

|Mar avg record low F = 0.3

|Apr avg record low F = 10.1

|May avg record low F = 21.4

|Jun avg record low F = 30.8

|Jul avg record low F = 39.2

|Aug avg record low F = 37.7

|Sep avg record low F = 25.8

|Oct avg record low F = 10.6

|Nov avg record low F = -3.3

|Dec avg record low F = -14.1

|year avg record low F = -19.5

|Jan record low F = −38

|Feb record low F = −31

|Mar record low F = −16

|Apr record low F = -2

|May record low F = 9

|Jun record low F = 23

|Jul record low F = 31

|Aug record low F = 27

|Sep record low F = 15

|Oct record low F = -6

|Nov record low F = -22

|Dec record low F = −29

|year record low F =

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation inch = 0.40

|Feb precipitation inch = 0.32

|Mar precipitation inch = 0.66

|Apr precipitation inch = 0.66

|May precipitation inch = 0.81

|Jun precipitation inch = 0.50

|Jul precipitation inch = 1.48

|Aug precipitation inch = 1.64

|Sep precipitation inch = 1.11

|Oct precipitation inch = 0.83

|Nov precipitation inch = 0.41

|Dec precipitation inch = 0.41

|year precipitation inch =

|Jan snow inch = 6.00

|Feb snow inch = 4.50

|Mar snow inch = 6.50

|Apr snow inch = 4.80

|May snow inch = 1.20

|Jun snow inch = 0.00

|Jul snow inch = 0.00

|Aug snow inch = 0.00

|Sep snow inch = 0.00

|Oct snow inch = 2.80

|Nov snow inch = 3.90

|Dec snow inch = 5.70

|year snow inch =

|source 1 = NOAA

{{cite web

|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&startDate=0001-01-01&endDate=9996-12-31&stations=USC00055706&format=pdf

|title = Monte Vista 2W, Colorado 1991-2020 Monthly Normals

|access-date = November 3, 2023

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|source 2 = XMACIS2 (records & monthly max/mins)

{{cite web

|url = https://xmacis.rcc-acis.org/

|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

|title = xmACIS

|access-date = January 7, 2024

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References

External links

{{official website|https://cityofmontevista.colorado.gov/}}
[http://www.montevistajournal.com/ Monte Vista Journal]
[http://dtdapps.coloradodot.info/staticdata/Downloads/CityMaps/MONTE%20VISTA.pdf CDOT map of the City of Monte Vista]

Category:Cities in Rio Grande County, Colorado

Category:Cities in Colorado