Bowie, Colorado
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Paonia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81428. It stands on Hubbard Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bowie quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1956 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Bowie quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1968 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Paonia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2001 USGS Bowie quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
114 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 114 fires within 5 miles of Bowie between 1992 and 2020, burning about 91 acres in total. 92 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 | 92 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | TERROR |
| 29 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | BLUERIBBON |
| 26 September 2008 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | BOWIE MINE |
| 20 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | RED TOP PEAK |
| 16 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | SOUTH JUMBO |
| 14 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | TERROR |
| 13 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | JUMBO |
| 13 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | GARVINMESA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Bowie: 2 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zinc, Silver, Zinc, Lead, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clark Mine | Gold, Zinc, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Hubbard Mine | Gold, Zinc, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
1 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bowie in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2023 | Flood | Bowie | $10,000 | Snowmelt produced a washout on National Forest System Road (NFSR) #704-Condemn-It park road located at mile post 1.5 south of West Muddy Guard Station in the Paonia Ranger District. The road was not passable and remained closed. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Juanita Junction | 0.7 miles | 16 | |
| Paonia | 4.6 miles | 15 | |
| Coburn | 7.2 miles | 13 | |
| Hotchkiss | 12.7 miles | 13 | |
| Crawford | 15.4 miles | 14 | |
| Lazear | 16.1 miles | 17 | |
| Rogers Mesa | 16.6 miles | 17 | |
| Cedaredge | 20.5 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 204744. 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.






