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Bedrock, Colorado

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Nucla census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81411. It stands on East Paradox Creek. The Survey maps it on the Paradox quadrangle. It stands 4,990 feet above sea level.

Bedrock within Montrose County

On record in Bedrock

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 27 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

28 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Bedrock between 1992 and 2020, burning about 16 acres in total. 26 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
Natural26
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
8 September 2000Naturalunder an acreSouthwest District, MontroseDAVIS
7 August 2000Natural1.5 acresSouthwest District, MontroseBEDROCK
7 August 1994Naturalunder an acreSouthwest District, MontroseGLORY
5 August 2008Naturalunder an acreSouthwest District, MontroseBED ROCK
5 August 2002Naturalunder an acreSouthwest District, MontroseDAVISMESA
5 August 2002Naturalunder an acreSouthwest District, MontroseBEDROCK
5 August 2002Naturalunder an acreSouthwest District, MontroseDOLORES RI
3 August 2000Naturalunder an acreSouthwest District, MontrosePARADOX

Every fire recorded in Montrose County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 61 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 61 workings within 5 miles of Bedrock: 23 occurrences, 19 past producers, 13 unknowns, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Uranium, Vanadium, Vanadium, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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
Cashin MineSilver, Copper, Lead, Gold, Uranium, Zinc, Arsenic, AntimonyProducer1896, 1898, 1972
CliffdwellerCopper, Gold, Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Cliffdweller MineCopper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Antimony, ArsenicPast Producer1975
La Sal DistrictCopper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Uranium, Antimony, Arsenic, ManganeseProducer1896, 1899, 1975
New CashinCopper, Gold, SilverPast Producer
ParadoxCopper, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Carmack PotashPotassiumPast Producer
DenverGold, Copper, SilverOccurrence
Park #23-2PotassiumPast Producer
Unknown WellSodiumUnknown

Every working recorded in Montrose County

Storms near this place

7 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bedrock in 7 storm reports between 2002 and 2023: 2 flash flood, 2 flood, 1 tornado, 1 debris flow. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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 2002Flash FloodBedrock$3,000no account filed
April 2023FloodBedrock$2,000Montrose County Government Facebook post reported the X4 Road to the Cashin Cooper Mine was closed due to flooding from increased snowmelt.
October 2005Tornado (F1)Bedrock$1,000no account filed
May 2023FloodBedrock-The boat ramp at Bedrock along the Dolores River was inaccessible due to flooding on the river.
July 2013Debris FlowBedrock-Heavy rainfall resulted in a mudslide across Highway 90 near the community of Bedrock.
September 2013HailBedrock-Quarter sized hail was reported on Highway 90 east of Bedrock.
July 2006Flash FloodBedrock-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Montrose 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
Paradox5.3 miles27
Uravan9.0 miles26
West Vancorum16.5 miles19
Vancorum16.7 miles19
East Vancorum16.8 miles19
Naturita18.3 miles19
Nucla18.5 miles21
Mountain View21.6 miles15

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 BedrockAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4879393The 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 185822. 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.