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Beaver Creek Village, Colorado

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Minturn-Red Cliff census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81620. The Survey maps it on the Grouse Mountain quadrangle. It stands 8,080 feet above sea level.

Beaver Creek Village within Eagle County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

74 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Beaver Creek Village between 1992 and 2020, burning about 125 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 3 were 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Natural20
Recreation and ceremony19
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Arson/incendiarism3
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
9 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWhite River National ForestRADIO TOWER
7 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWhite River National ForestAVON
5 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWhite River National ForestDAVOS
5 September 1992Arson/incendiarism25 acresEagle Countynot named
4 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresEagle Countynot named
4 September 1992Railroad operations and maintenance28 acresWhite River National Forestnot named
11 September 2016Naturalunder an acreWhite River National ForestBEAVER LAKE
11 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWhite River National ForestSTONE CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Eagle County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Beaver Creek Village: 5 producers, 4 occurrences, 2 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold, Gypsum-Anhydrite, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnknownMagnesite, StonePast Producer
AvonGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
B & B Edwards PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lake Cr.GoldOccurrencePlacer
UnknownGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrenceSedimentary
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSand and Gravel
Ute Park, High Line, Blue JayGoldOccurrencePlacer
Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Eagle 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
Avon1.9 miles16
Bachelor Gulch Village1.9 miles13
Arrowhead Village3.4 miles16
Dowds Junction3.6 miles21
Minturn4.7 miles21
Edwards5.0 miles16
West Vail5.6 miles19
Astor City (historical)6.8 miles21

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 Beaver Creek VillageAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3478248The 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 2571064. 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.