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Cameo, Colorado

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the De Beque census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81630. It lies near Coal Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Cameo quadrangle.

Cameo within Mesa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

104 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 104 fires within 5 miles of Cameo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,993 acres in total. 54 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
Natural54
Missing data/not specified/undetermined33
Debris and open burning5
Recreation and ceremony5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Fireworks1
Smoking1

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 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersDEBEQUE
9 September 1994Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionJERRY CK.
7 September 2019Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionCACTUS FIRE
7 September 2019Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionPALISADE
5 September 2009Natural7.3 acresNorthwest District, Grand JunctionWHITTAKER FLATS
28 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
28 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
27 September 2002Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionLITTLE WAS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mesa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Cameo: 12 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Vanadium, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Gearhart Mt GarfieldSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
MidwestUranium, VanadiumUnknown
Mount LincolnUranium, VanadiumUnknown
Blue FlameUraniumUnknown
Farmers MineUraniumUnknown
GarfieldUraniumUnknown
Go Boy MineUraniumUnknown
Midwest Red ArrowUraniumUnknown
Mt LincolnUraniumUnknown
Unnamed MineUraniumUnknown

Every working recorded in Mesa County

Storms near this place

9 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cameo in 9 storm reports between 1999 and 2023: 3 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 debris flow, 1 tornado. 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 2023Debris FlowCameo$25,000A strong thunderstorm developed over the Grand Mesa before moving northward over I-70. This led to a significant rockslide occurring on the interstate near the Highway 65 junction, or near mile marker 49. The eastbound lanes were closed for a period of time with some of the rocks making it to the westbound lanes. Radar estimated 0.60 to 0.90 inches of rain fell.
September 2022Flash FloodCameo$5,000Flash flooding occurred on the lower portion of the Palisade Plunge trail in Mesa County as a result of heavy rain from thunderstorms.
July 2021Debris FlowCameo$2,500A mudslide occurred along Interstate 70 at the Cameo exit. The road was closed for a couple of hours due to cleanup operations.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindCameo-A peak wind gust of 77 mph was measured by the Beaver Tail Tunnel automated weather station.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindCameo-Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) road sensors recorded wind gusts of 81 mph from outflow associated with a collapsing thunderstorm.
September 2013Heavy RainCameo-A Skywarn spotter reported a couple of inches of water running over the road along Interstate 70 between mile markers 42 and 44 near Palisade due to heavy rainfall.
July 2012Flash FloodCameo-A thunderstorm with heavy rainfall moved over the Pine Ridge burn scar and produced significant runoff and flash flooding in a remote area.
May 2009Tornado (EF0)Cameo-A tornado was observed and photographed by numerous eyewitnesses, including a NWS employee. The tornado remained on the plateau near Mount Garfield during its life cycle.
August 1999Flash FloodCameo-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Mesa 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
Palisade3.1 miles15
Mount Lincoln4.4 miles12
Bridges Switch5.6 miles12
Clifton7.8 miles12
Akin7.9 miles15
Highland Park9.4 miles12
Pear Park9.7 miles12
Mesa9.7 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 174435. 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.