Gazetteer
Housing Units (2000): 1631
Land area (2000): 8.071191 sq. miles (20.904288 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.256055 sq. miles (0.663179 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 8.327246 sq. miles (21.567467 sq. km)
FIPS code: 05120
Located within: Colorado (CO), FIPS 08
Location: 39.437904 N, 108.033769 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 81635
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Battlement Mesa
Wikipedia
Battlement Mesa is a large prominent mesa in western Colorado in the United States. It sits along the Garfield- Mesa county line, between the Colorado River to the north and Plateau Creek to the south.
It is visible south of Interstate 70, visible between the towns of Rifle and Parachute, stretching for approximately 15 miles (24 km) east-west. The community of Battlement Mesa along Interstate 70 takes its name from the mesa.
The mesa is similar in geology to the nearby Grand Mesa to the south, and to the Roan Cliffs to the north. It consists largely of a layer of basalt atop underlying layers of sedimentary rock, including a layer of the Green River Formation.
Category:Landforms of Garfield County, Colorado Category:Landforms of Mesa County, Colorado Category:Mesas of Colorado Category:Grand Mesa National Forest