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Almont, Colorado

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Gunnison census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81210. It stands on Taylor River. The Survey maps it on the Almont quadrangle. It stands 8,022 feet above sea level.

Almont within Gunnison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

14 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Almont between 1998 and 2020, burning about 192 acres in total. 6 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Natural6
Recreation and ceremony4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Debris and open burning1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
28 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National ForestsCASTLE VIEW
28 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National ForestsBEAVER CREEK
22 September 2000Naturalunder an acreGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National ForestsROCKY BROOK
18 September 2004Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National ForestsFLAT TOP
1 August 2019Naturalunder an acreGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National ForestsWILDER
5 July 2001Natural182 acresGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National ForestsALMONT
4 July 2017Recreation and ceremony1.3 acresSouthwest District, MontroseBIEBAL
28 July 2019Naturalunder an acreGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National ForestsCANAL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gunnison County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Almont: 2 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnknownClayOccurrenceClay
UnknownClayUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel

Every working recorded in Gunnison County

Storms near this place

3 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Almont in 3 storm reports between 2005 and 2023: 2 flood, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2005LightningAlmont1 hurt, $1,000no account filed
May 2023FloodAlmont$1,000Flooding occurred at Anders Ranch along East River as a result of increased flows from snowmelt.
May 2008FloodAlmont$500The East River at Almont exceeded flood stage and resulted in minor flooding of adjacent low lying areas, mainly consisting of pastureland.

Every storm recorded in Gunnison County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Gunnison9.2 miles14
Baldwin12.7 miles26
Parlin12.8 miles20
Ohio14.1 miles19
Campbelltown (historical)15.3 miles19
Chance15.7 miles12
Sillsville15.7 miles12
Crested Butte16.0 miles23

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on AlmontAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4733916The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 188934. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.