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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1957 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Grouse Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1962 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Vail quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
74 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 22 |
| Natural | 20 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 19 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | White River National Forest | RADIO TOWER |
| 7 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | White River National Forest | AVON |
| 5 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | White River National Forest | DAVOS |
| 5 September 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Eagle County | not named |
| 4 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Eagle County | not named |
| 4 September 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 28 acres | White River National Forest | not named |
| 11 September 2016 | Natural | under an acre | White River National Forest | BEAVER LAKE |
| 11 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | White River National Forest | STONE CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Magnesite, Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Avon | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| B & B Edwards Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lake Cr. | Gold | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Unknown | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Sand and Gravel | |
| Ute Park, High Line, Blue Jay | Gold | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avon | 1.9 miles | 16 | |
| Bachelor Gulch Village | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| Arrowhead Village | 3.4 miles | 16 | |
| Dowds Junction | 3.6 miles | 21 | |
| Minturn | 4.7 miles | 21 | |
| Edwards | 5.0 miles | 16 | |
| West Vail | 5.6 miles | 19 | |
| Astor City (historical) | 6.8 miles | 21 |
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 Village | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3478248 | 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 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.






