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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1956 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Almont quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1968 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Gunnison quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2001 USGS Almont quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
14 since 1998Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | CASTLE VIEW |
| 28 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | BEAVER CREEK |
| 22 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | ROCKY BROOK |
| 18 September 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | FLAT TOP |
| 1 August 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | WILDER |
| 5 July 2001 | Natural | 182 acres | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | ALMONT |
| 4 July 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.3 acres | Southwest District, Montrose | BIEBAL |
| 28 July 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | CANAL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Clay | Occurrence | Clay | |
| Unknown | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel |
Storms near this place
3 since 2005Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2005 | Lightning | Almont | 1 hurt, $1,000 | no account filed |
| May 2023 | Flood | Almont | $1,000 | Flooding occurred at Anders Ranch along East River as a result of increased flows from snowmelt. |
| May 2008 | Flood | Almont | $500 | The East River at Almont exceeded flood stage and resulted in minor flooding of adjacent low lying areas, mainly consisting of pastureland. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gunnison | 9.2 miles | 14 | |
| Baldwin | 12.7 miles | 26 | |
| Parlin | 12.8 miles | 20 | |
| Ohio | 14.1 miles | 19 | |
| Campbelltown (historical) | 15.3 miles | 19 | |
| Chance | 15.7 miles | 12 | |
| Sillsville | 15.7 miles | 12 | |
| Crested Butte | 16.0 miles | 23 |
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 Almont | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4733916 | The 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.






