Rifle, Colorado Overview
Rifle, Colorado includes 1 nearby coal leases. The City of Rifle is a Home Rule Municipality in Garfield County Colorado United States. The population was 9172 at the 2010 census. Rifle is a regional center of the cattle ranching industry located along Interstate 70 and the Colorado River just east of the Roan Plateau which dominates the western skyline of the town. The town was founded in 1882 by Abram Maxfield and was incorporated in 1904 along Rifle Creek near its mouth on the Colorado.
Quick Facts
- Rifle, Colorado has a population of 9,172 (based on numbers from 2010).
- Located in Garfield County, Colorado.
- Rifle, Colorado sits 1,630 meters (5,347.8 feet) above sea level.
Rifle, Colorado Coal Mining Leases
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Coal Lease News From The Coal Fields™
Learn more about the Bureau of Land Management, Public Land Survey System, and coal leases.
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Understanding Lease Ownership
We receive lots of emails from people who find their name or a relative’s name on our site and want to know if this means they have some right to the land listed under that name.
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Understanding BLM Administrative Areas
Whether it is filing a lease or researching one, the administering BLM office is going to be the definitive source.
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Understanding Location Data
Lease handled by the Bureau of Land Management are not mapped by latitude and longitude, instead, these leases harken back to the Public Land Survey System.
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Understanding Townships
A “township” can refer to two different things. Both are part of the PLSS measurement system but have different uses.
