Editing Rangely, Colorado

{{short description|Town in Rio Blanco County, Colorado, United States}}
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'''Rangely''' is a [[Colorado municipalities#Statutory town|statutory town]] in [[Rio Blanco County, Colorado|Rio Blanco County]], [[Colorado]], United States. The population was 2,299 at the [[United States Census, 2020|2020 census]].<ref name="Census 2020" /> Rangely is the home of [[Colorado Northwestern Community College]].

==Description==
The town is home to one of two campuses of the [[Colorado Northwestern Community College]].

A post office called Rangely was established in 1884.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=CO | title=Post offices | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=July 8, 2016}}</ref>  The community was named after [[Rangeley, Maine]], the native home of a local businessperson.<ref>{{cite book|last=Dawson|first=John Frank|title=Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin|year=1954|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015051116740;view=1up;seq=49|publisher=The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co.|location=Denver, CO|page=43}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|4.0|sqmi|km2}}, all of it land.

The terrain is mountain desert and is dry for most of the year.

===Climate===

According to the [[Köppen Climate Classification]] system, Rangely has a [[cold semi-arid climate]], abbreviated "BSk" on climate maps. The hottest temperature recorded in Rangely was {{convert|108|F|C|1}} on June 21, 1974, while the coldest temperature recorded was {{convert|-37|F|C|1}} on February 15, 1895, and January 2, 1952.<ref name=NOWData />

{{Weather box
|location = Rangely, Colorado, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1894–present
|single line = Yes
|collapsed = Yes
|Jan record high F = 64
|Feb record high F = 67
|Mar record high F = 78
|Apr record high F = 86
|May record high F = 95
|Jun record high F = 108
|Jul record high F = 104
|Aug record high F = 106
|Sep record high F = 98
|Oct record high F = 87
|Nov record high F = 74
|Dec record high F = 60

|Jan avg record high F = 44.8
|Feb avg record high F = 53.8
|Mar avg record high F = 68.6
|Apr avg record high F = 78.0
|May avg record high F = 86.5
|Jun avg record high F = 96.0
|Jul avg record high F = 99.6
|Aug avg record high F = 97.2
|Sep avg record high F = 91.3
|Oct avg record high F = 80.3
|Nov avg record high F = 62.9
|Dec avg record high F = 48.5
|year avg record high F = 100.2

|Jan high F = 31.1
|Feb high F = 39.5
|Mar high F = 53.6
|Apr high F = 62.4
|May high F = 72.9
|Jun high F = 85.2
|Jul high F = 92.5
|Aug high F = 89.7
|Sep high F = 80.2
|Oct high F = 65.5
|Nov high F = 48.4
|Dec high F = 33.1
|year high F =

|Jan mean F = 16.9
|Feb mean F = 24.9
|Mar mean F = 38.3
|Apr mean F = 46.4
|May mean F = 56.3
|Jun mean F = 66.9
|Jul mean F = 74.0
|Aug mean F = 71.5
|Sep mean F = 62.0
|Oct mean F = 48.3
|Nov mean F = 33.6
|Dec mean F = 19.7
|year mean F =

|Jan low F = 2.6
|Feb low F = 10.2
|Mar low F = 22.9
|Apr low F = 30.3
|May low F = 39.7
|Jun low F = 48.6
|Jul low F = 55.4
|Aug low F = 53.3
|Sep low F = 43.8
|Oct low F = 31.1
|Nov low F = 18.7
|Dec low F = 6.2
|year low F =

|Jan avg record low F = -11.8
|Feb avg record low F = -5.1
|Mar avg record low F = 11.6
|Apr avg record low F = 20.3
|May avg record low F = 30.1
|Jun avg record low F = 39.4
|Jul avg record low F = 49.4
|Aug avg record low F = 47.7
|Sep avg record low F = 33.9
|Oct avg record low F = 20.2
|Nov avg record low F = 6.0
|Dec avg record low F = -8.9
|year avg record low F = -15.0

|Jan record low F = -37
|Feb record low F = -37
|Mar record low F = -17
|Apr record low F = -6
|May record low F = 8
|Jun record low F = 25
|Jul record low F = 33
|Aug record low F = 24
|Sep record low F = 20
|Oct record low F = -4
|Nov record low F = -15
|Dec record low F = -32

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|Jan precipitation inch = 0.67
|Feb precipitation inch = 0.68
|Mar precipitation inch = 0.87
|Apr precipitation inch = 1.06
|May precipitation inch = 1.22
|Jun precipitation inch = 0.73
|Jul precipitation inch = 0.68
|Aug precipitation inch = 0.96
|Sep precipitation inch = 1.29
|Oct precipitation inch = 1.23
|Nov precipitation inch = 0.88
|Dec precipitation inch = 0.62
|year precipitation inch =

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|Jan precipitation days = 5.7
|Feb precipitation days = 4.8
|Mar precipitation days = 5.3
|Apr precipitation days = 6.6
|May precipitation days = 6.8
|Jun precipitation days = 3.9
|Jul precipitation days = 4.8
|Aug precipitation days = 6.2
|Sep precipitation days = 5.9
|Oct precipitation days = 5.7
|Nov precipitation days = 4.5
|Dec precipitation days = 5.1

|Jan snow inch = 8.0
|Feb snow inch = 5.6
|Mar snow inch = 3.1
|Apr snow inch = 1.4
|May snow inch = 0.1
|Jun snow inch = 0.0
|Jul snow inch = 0.0
|Aug snow inch = 0.0
|Sep snow inch = 0.0
|Oct snow inch = 0.6
|Nov snow inch = 3.3
|Dec snow inch = 7.4
|year snow inch =

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|Jan snow days = 4.4
|Feb snow days = 3.4
|Mar snow days = 1.7
|Apr snow days = 0.9
|May snow days = 0.1
|Jun snow days = 0.0
|Jul snow days = 0.0
|Aug snow days = 0.0
|Sep snow days = 0.0
|Oct snow days = 0.4
|Nov snow days = 2.2
|Dec snow days = 4.4

|Jan snow depth inch = 7.3
|Feb snow depth inch = 6.7
|Mar snow depth inch = 3.5
|Apr snow depth inch = 0.8
|May snow depth inch = 0.0
|Jun snow depth inch = 0.0
|Jul snow depth inch = 0.0
|Aug snow depth inch = 0.0
|Sep snow depth inch = 0.0
|Oct snow depth inch = 0.6
|Nov snow depth inch = 2.6
|Dec snow depth inch = 6.4
|year snow depth inch = 9.1

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|source 2 = National Weather Service<ref name = NOWData>
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|publisher = National Weather Service
|title = NOAA Online Weather Data – NWS Grand Junction
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==History==
[[File:White River at Rangely CO.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Aerial view of Rangely and the [[White River (Green River tributary)|White River]], May 2019]]

The land is what makes the town of Rangely's interesting.<ref>[https://colorado.gov/pacific/townofrangely/history-18 History of Rangely]</ref>  The land is the base from which all human events unfold, whether it is the [[geology]] that brought the miners and oil men, or the water that brought the [[Fremont culture|Fremonts]], the [[Ute people|Utes]], the explorers, the ranchers.

To tell the story we must start back in the earlier history of the earth when a shallow sea encompassed most of the area around, 300 million years ago in what is labeled as the [[Pennsylvanian Period]].<ref>{{Citation|title=Pennsylvanian (geology)|date=February 4, 2020|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pennsylvanian_(geology)&oldid=939163261|work=Wikipedia|language=en|access-date=February 24, 2020}}</ref> and [[Permian Period|Permian]]<ref>{{Citation|title=Permian|date=February 15, 2020|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Permian&oldid=940959025|work=Wikipedia|language=en|access-date=February 24, 2020}}</ref> geologic periods. During this time marine creatures would become fossils<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/fossil/|title=fossil|date=February 22, 2013|website=National Geographic Society|language=en|access-date=February 24, 2020}}</ref> and can actually still be discovered around Rangely. Huge [[dune]]s were formed on the edges of this sea and became [[porous rock]] that is now known as the [[Weber Formation]]. This formed what is called an "[[anticline]]." An anticline is a ridge-shaped fold of stratified rock in which the strata slope downward from the crest. Then, as the sea receded, [[dinosaur]]s left bones and the extensive plant growth became oil and coal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/petroleum/|title=Petroleum|date=October 5, 2018|website=National Geographic Society|language=en|access-date=February 24, 2020}}</ref>

The innumerable canyons,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/canyon|title=Definition of CANYON|website=www.merriam-webster.com|language=en|access-date=February 24, 2020}}</ref> draws, and [[Gully|gullies]] of the area held creeks, rivers and streams which attracted the early [[Fremont culture|Fremont]] and [[Ute people|Ute]] peoples. The Fremont people migrated to the Rangely area from the [[Great Basin]] in south-central Utah between 400 B.C. and 650 A.D. What we know about the [[Fremont culture|Fremont]] comes from the artifacts<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/artifact|title=Definition of ARTIFACT|website=www.merriam-webster.com|language=en|access-date=February 24, 2020}}</ref> they left in the area and from their homes and campsites which we find in the nearby [[canyon]]s. Evidence of the [[Fremont culture|Fremont]] people is plentiful in and around Rangely; for example, the rock art on Colorado 139 and Dragon Trail are both examples of Fremont Art. A Fremont dwelling in Texas Creek Overlook was an atypical dwelling for the Fremont people.<ref>[https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/texas-creek-overlook-archaeological-site Texas Creek Overlook]</ref>

In many places around Rangely the art echoes images from other sites in the southwest. The art of the historical Utes records their history of conflict with the white settlers who began moving into the area in the 1800s. Their art is also the first to include horses originally brought by the Spanish.

The first recorded white settlers making a permanent home in the area were Mr. Joseph Studer and C.P. Hill <ref name="theheraldtimes.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theheraldtimes.com/contact-us/rangely-history/|title=Rangely History {{!}} Rio Blanco Herald Times {{!}} Serving Meeker, Rangely, Dinosaur & Northwest Colorado|date=March 25, 2009|website=www.theheraldtimes.com|language=en-US|access-date=February 24, 2020}}</ref> who came in 1882, the same year the Ute people were to be confined to reservations in southern Colorado and eastern Utah. Some time later Mr. Hill was joined by his relatives, among them a cousin, Lee S. Chase,<ref>[https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/7788/CMS/Documents/Rangely-Visitors-Guide-for-Web.pdf Lee S. Chase]</ref>  who named the town after [[Rangeley, Maine]]. Mr. Hill<ref name="theheraldtimes.com"/> began ranching and opened a trading post. All supplies were freighted—first from Salt Lake City, Utah, by team and wagon, then from Grand Junction, Colorado, via Douglas Pass. By 1913 there were enough ranching and farming families in the area to necessitate the building of a large one-room school house (now located in the Rangely Outdoor Museum.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rangelyoutdoormuseum.org/|title=Rangely Outdoor Museum|website=rangely-museum|language=en|access-date=February 24, 2020}}</ref>)

Interestingly, the Utes had long been aware of oil in the area. The first shallow wells drilled in 1903 produced about 10 barrels of oil per day. Chevron <ref>[https://www.chevron.com/ Chevron]</ref> arrived in 1931. In 1932, after a year of drilling Raven A-1,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theheraldtimes.com/raven-oil-pumping-station-at-new-home-pad-in-rangely/rangely/|title=Raven oil pumping station at new home pad in Rangely ''Rio Blanco Herald Times'' Serving Meeker, Rangely, Dinosaur & Northwest Colorado|last=Zadra|first=Heather|date=May 9, 2015|website=www.theheraldtimes.com|language=en-US|access-date=February 24, 2020}}</ref> the first deep oil well, successfully reached the vast pocket of crude in the Weber formation<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://archives.datapages.com/data/rmag/PennRocks58/bissell.htm|title=The Weber Formation of Utah and Colorado|last1=Bissel|first1=Harold J.|last2=Childs|first2=Orlo E.|website=archives.datapages.com|date=1958}}</ref> at a depth of more than 6,000 feet, but there was no market for the 230 barrels it produced each day; however, the well was known as the most productive oil well of all time. The well was capped until everything changed for this sleepy little town with the large demand for oil required during the Second World War. Chevron reopened the Raven A-1 well and Rangely became a booming oil camp.

By 1946 raising cattle and sheep, farming, shallow oil well drilling, and mining coal were no longer the principle industries. Deep well drilling was king. Tents, trolley cars, crude cabins and trailers took over the dozen homes. The one store, post office, filling station, library, pool hall, [[Red Cross]] first aid station, and hotel suddenly had competition from a slew of businesses, including motels, cafes, bars, cleaners, movie theater, bowling alley, and more. The school had been accredited up to three years of high school with senior year taken elsewhere, usually [[Meeker, Colorado|Meeker]], or forfeited. Company camps were built in many places in the valley, and in 1947 Rangely was incorporated as a town with Fred Nichols<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/townofrangely/history-18|title=Home &#124; Town of Rangely}}</ref> voted in as Mayor.<ref name="visitor guide">{{cite web|url=https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/7788/CMS/Documents/Rangely-Visitors-Guide-for-Web.pdf|title=Rangely, Colorado Visitors Guide|website=chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net|publisher=Rangely Area Chamber of Commerce|format=[[PDF]]|accessdate=October 8, 2022}}</ref> In the 1960s the Rangely oil field was a major producer in the country and deemed such an important strategic asset that bomb shelters were built at the college and supplied with coats, blankets, food and water.<ref name="visitor guide"/>

[[File:Grand Junction Trip 92007 131.JPG|thumb|left|[[Oil well]] near Rangely, 2007]]
By 1949 there were 478 wells across 30 miles in the Weber formation. The peak rate of the area was 82,000 by 1956. Rangely's oil field was known as the Rangely Weber Sand Unit<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/townofrangely/art-culture|title=Home &#124; Town of Rangely}}</ref> by 1998 and recovered more than 815 million barrels of oil, making it the largest field in the [[Geology of the Rocky Mountains|Rocky Mountain Region]]. This Region has 406 producing wells, 351 injection wells and produces about one third of Colorado's oil production coming out to a huge 20,000 barrels a day. The Weber Basin, has recovered an additional 12 million barrels of oil from the shallower [[Mancos Shale]] at depths less than 2000 feet. The Sand Unit is a unitized field so is owned by many, but only Chevron USA Production operates the field. Major oil companies, smaller independent oil companies, trust and individuals numbering almost 30 share the expenses and the benefits of the field today. The Unit provides jobs for approximately 300 individuals and makes up about 70 percent of the property tax revenue for [[Rio Blanco County, Colorado|Rio Blanco County]].

In 2015, [[Colorado Northwestern Community College]], Rangely Campus, began the excavation of an important fossil dig of the bones and very rare skin and tendons of a [[Hadrosauridae|Duckbill Dinosaur]] which was located in Rangely.<ref>[https://www.theheraldtimes.com/walter-the-dinosaur-gets-a-lift/rangely Walter the dinosaur]</ref> The Duckbill Dinosaur, which ultimately took on the name of Walter, was excavated and the fossils were airlifted to a federal repository on Colorado Northwestern Coummunity College's Craig Campus on Thursday, July 11, 2019.

==Historic places==
Near Rangely are the following prehistoric [[Fremont culture]] sites listed as National Register of Historic Places:<ref>[http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/co/Rio+Blanco/state.html ''National Register of Historic Places in Rio Blanco County''] American Dreams, Inc. Retrieved October 6, 2011.</ref>

:'''[[Prehistory of Colorado#Indigenous peoples' sites in Colorado|Prehistoric sites]]'''
:* Collage Shelter Site&nbsp;– dated from 500–1499 AD.
:* [[Cañon Pintado]]&nbsp;– dated from 500–1899 AD.
:* Carrot Men [[Pictograph]] Site&nbsp;– dated from 500–1499 AD.
:* Fremont Lookout Fortification Site&nbsp;– dated from 0–1499 AD

==Demographics==
{{US Census population|align=left
|1950= 808
|1960= 1464
|1970= 1591
|1980= 2113
|1990= 2278
|2000= 2096
|2010= 2365
|2020= 2299
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As of the 2000 [[census]],<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|title=U.S. Census website|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008}}</ref> there were 2,096 people, 749 households, and 546 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|518.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 899 housing units at an average density of {{convert|222.4|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The racial makeup of the town was 94.42% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.43% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 1.05% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.43% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 1.62% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 2.05% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 5.20% of the population.

There were 749 households, out of which 41.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 10.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.1% were non-families. 23.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 3.05.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 28.3% under the age of 18, 14.4% from 18 to 24, 29.6% from 25 to 44, 20.5% from 45 to 64, and 7.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females, there were 104.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 103.4 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $41,276, and the median income for a family was $48,438. Males had a median income of $41,220 versus $25,242 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $17,668. About 6.3% of families and 9.8% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 10.2% of those under age 18 and 4.1% of those age 65 or over.-->As of the 2020 census, there were 2,299 people, 1,118 housing units, and 825 families in the city. There were 1,979 [[White Americans|White]] people, 15 [[African Americans]], 23 [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]], 14 [[Asian Americans|Asians]], 127 people from some other race, and 141 people from [[Multiracial Americans|two or more races]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile?g=160XX00US0862880 |access-date=May 31, 2023 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

The ancestry of Rangely was 16.5% [[English Americans|English]], 16.2% [[German Americans|German]], 12.2% [[Irish Americans|Irish]], 3.5% [[Polish Americans|Polish]], 2.7% [[Scottish Americans|Scottish]], 2.7% [[French Americans|French]], 2.1% [[Norwegian Americans|Norwegian]], and 1.8% [[Italian Americans|Italian]].<ref name=":2" />

The median age was 33.3 years old. 11.8% of the population were older than 65, with 6.6% between the ages of 65 and 74, 4.5% between the ages of 75 and 84, and 0.7% 85 or older. 12.9% of the population were [[Veteran|veterans.]]<ref name=":2" />

The median household income was $60,972, with families having $84,167, married couples having $95,185, and non-families having $43,162. 11.7% of the population were in poverty.<ref name=":2" />{{clear|left}}

==Landmarks==
For decades, Rangely has been the location of an unused water tank, prized for its remarkable internal resonance, in which sounds may sustain for up to 40 seconds. Now known as The Tank Center for Sonic Arts, the 65-foot tower has been repurposed as a concert and recording venue.<ref>[https://tanksounds.org''TANK Center for Sonic Arts'']</ref>

[[Kenney Reservoir]] is about five miles east of town along [[Colorado State Highway 64]]. It offers camping, fishing, and boating.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rangelychamber.com/kenney-reservoir/ |title= Kenney Reservoir|author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website= The Rangely Area Chamber of Commerce |publisher= |access-date=June 23, 2021 |quote=}}</ref>

==See also==
{{portal|Colorado}}
* [[List of municipalities in Colorado]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Rangely, Colorado}}
* {{Official website|https://townofrangely.colorado.gov/}}
* [http://dtdapps.coloradodot.info/staticdata/Downloads/CityMaps/RANGELY.pdf CDOT map of the Town of Rangely]
* [http://www.city-data.com/city/Rangely-Colorado.html City-data.com entry on Rangely, Colorado]

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