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.
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
Dolores River Bridgelisted 2002
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 27 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.
- 1916 USGS Paradox Valley quadrangle1:125000
- 1922 USGS Paradox Valley quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Paradox quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Paradox quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Paradox quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Paradox quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Nucla quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Paradox quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
28 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 26 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | DAVIS |
| 7 August 2000 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Southwest District, Montrose | BEDROCK |
| 7 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | GLORY |
| 5 August 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | BED ROCK |
| 5 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | DAVISMESA |
| 5 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | BEDROCK |
| 5 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | DOLORES RI |
| 3 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | PARADOX |
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 61 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cashin Mine | Silver, Copper, Lead, Gold, Uranium, Zinc, Arsenic, Antimony | Producer | 1896, 1898, 1972 | |
| Cliffdweller | Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Cliffdweller Mine | Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Antimony, Arsenic | Past Producer | 1975 | |
| La Sal District | Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Uranium, Antimony, Arsenic, Manganese | Producer | 1896, 1899, 1975 | |
| New Cashin | Copper, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Paradox | Copper, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Carmack Potash | Potassium | Past Producer | ||
| Denver | Gold, Copper, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Park #23-2 | Potassium | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Well | Sodium | Unknown |
Storms near this place
7 since 2002Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2002 | Flash Flood | Bedrock | $3,000 | no account filed |
| April 2023 | Flood | Bedrock | $2,000 | Montrose County Government Facebook post reported the X4 Road to the Cashin Cooper Mine was closed due to flooding from increased snowmelt. |
| October 2005 | Tornado (F1) | Bedrock | $1,000 | no account filed |
| May 2023 | Flood | Bedrock | - | The boat ramp at Bedrock along the Dolores River was inaccessible due to flooding on the river. |
| July 2013 | Debris Flow | Bedrock | - | Heavy rainfall resulted in a mudslide across Highway 90 near the community of Bedrock. |
| September 2013 | Hail | Bedrock | - | Quarter sized hail was reported on Highway 90 east of Bedrock. |
| July 2006 | Flash Flood | Bedrock | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paradox | 5.3 miles | 27 | |
| Uravan | 9.0 miles | 26 | |
| West Vancorum | 16.5 miles | 19 | |
| Vancorum | 16.7 miles | 19 | |
| East Vancorum | 16.8 miles | 19 | |
| Naturita | 18.3 miles | 19 | |
| Nucla | 18.5 miles | 21 | |
| Mountain View | 21.6 miles | 15 |
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 Bedrock | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4879393 | 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 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.













