Bighorn, Colorado

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Minturn-Red Cliff census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81657. It stands on Bighorn Creek. The Survey maps it on the Vail East quadrangle.

Bighorn within Eagle County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 21 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.

1934 USGS Minturn quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
1950 USGS Minturn quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1957 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1959 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000
1970 USGS Vail East quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
1980 USGS Vail quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

49 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Bighorn between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 4 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	15
Recreation and ceremony	14
Natural	10
Arson/incendiarism	4
Smoking	3
Debris and open burning	1
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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
22 September 2016	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Vail Fire and Emergency Services	UNKNOWN
21 September 2017	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	White River National Forest	MM 183
17 September 1994	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	White River National Forest	PITKIN
15 September 2010	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	White River National Forest	GORE CREEK
12 September 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters	VAIL
11 September 2000	Natural	under an acre	White River National Forest	SPRADLE
1 September 2005	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	White River National Forest	BOOTH LAKE
6 August 2009	Natural	under an acre	White River National Forest	STEEP AND DEEP

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Eagle 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 Bighorn: 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Uranium. 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
	Little Spring	Uranium	Producer
	Unknown	Gold	Occurrence	Gold

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Mid Vail	4.0 miles	21
Vail	4.1 miles	21
Eagles Nest	4.9 miles	21
West Vail	6.2 miles	19
Minturn	7.9 miles	21
Dowds Junction	8.2 miles	21
Astor City (historical)	8.4 miles	21
Gilman	8.8 miles	21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 175932. 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.