Bear River, Colorado

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Hayden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80487. It lies near Coal View Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Milner quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Bear River within Routt County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 19 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.

1924 USGS Mount Harris quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1924 USGS Mt. Harris quadrangle1:48000
1926 USGS Mount Harris quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1954 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
1971 USGS Milner quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1979 USGS Meeker quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

5 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Bear River (historical) between 1994 and 1995, burning about 1,615 acres in total. 4 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	4
Recreation and ceremony	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
17 August 1994	Natural	13 acres	Northwest District, Craig	BUTCHER
30 July 1995	Natural	2.0 acres	Routt County	not named
17 July 1994	Natural	800 acres	Routt County	not named
16 July 1994	Natural	800 acres	Routt County	not named
16 July 1994	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Routt County	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Routt County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Bear River (historical): 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
	Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Routt 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Mount Harris	1.5 miles	17
McGregor	4.4 miles	19
Milner	5.2 miles	19
Hayden	7.5 miles	17
Mystic	8.8 miles	18
Steamboat II	11.3 miles	18
Elkhead	12.3 miles	21
Dunckley	13.3 miles	20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 171402. 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.