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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.

Bowie within Delta County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

114 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural92
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Debris and open burning4
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
7 September 2001Naturalunder an acreGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National ForestsTERROR
29 September 2002Naturalunder an acreSouthwest District, MontroseBLUERIBBON
26 September 2008Natural3.0 acresGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National ForestsBOWIE MINE
20 September 2009Naturalunder an acreSouthwest District, MontroseRED TOP PEAK
16 September 2009Naturalunder an acreSouthwest District, MontroseSOUTH JUMBO
14 September 1997Naturalunder an acreSouthwest District, MontroseTERROR
13 September 2001Naturalunder an acreSouthwest District, MontroseJUMBO
13 September 1997Naturalunder an acreSouthwest District, MontroseGARVINMESA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Delta County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Clark MineGold, Zinc, SilverPast Producer
Hubbard MineGold, Zinc, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Delta County

Storms near this place

1 since 2023

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2023FloodBowie$10,000Snowmelt 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.

Every storm recorded in Delta 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
Juanita Junction0.7 miles16
Paonia4.6 miles15
Coburn7.2 miles13
Hotchkiss12.7 miles13
Crawford15.4 miles14
Lazear16.1 miles17
Rogers Mesa16.6 miles17
Cedaredge20.5 miles14

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.