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Bond, Colorado

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Eagle-Gypsum census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80423. It lies near Cabin Gulch. The Survey maps it on the State Bridge quadrangle. It stands 6,600 feet above sea level.

Bond within Eagle County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

59 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Bond between 1993 and 2020, burning about 68 acres in total. 41 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
Natural41
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Recreation and ceremony4
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Fireworks1
Debris and open burning1

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 2019Naturalunder an acreWhite River National ForestWATER WHEEL
9 September 2019Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionWATERWHEEL
7 September 2013Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionDRIFT BOAT
5 September 2013Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, CraigELK CREEK
23 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersWOLCOTT DIVIDE
15 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
9 August 2008Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionWATER WHEEL
7 August 2013Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionBALANCED ROCK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Eagle County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Bond: 4 occurrences, 4 past producers, 3 producers, 2 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Uranium, Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Burns & MccoyGold, Copper, Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Copper KingCopper, Lead, Silver, GoldPast Producer1900, 1910
Copper SpurCopper, Gold, Lead, SilverProspect
Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mount SandersPumicePast Producer
Mount SaundersStone, DimensionOccurrenceScoria
QuarryStoneProducer
Eagle RiverGoldOccurrencePlacer
Rock Hat ClaimUraniumUnknown
Tipton RanchUraniumOccurrence

Every working recorded in Eagle County

Storms near this place

1 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bond in 1 storm report in 1997: 1 flash flood. 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
August 1997Flash FloodBond-no account filed

Every storm 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
State Bridge2.3 miles12
Copper Spur2.5 miles11
McCoy3.5 miles11
Dell9.0 miles10
Burns10.5 miles12
Derby Junction11.6 miles12
Sheephorn11.7 miles19
Wolcott11.9 miles14

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 BondAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4941261The 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 202320. 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.