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Carbondale, Colorado

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Glenwood Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81623. It lies near White Hill. The Survey maps it on the Carbondale quadrangle. 6,434 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,171 feet above sea level.

Carbondale within Garfield County

On record in Carbondale

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 3 records

Population over time

3 figures

Carbondale grew from 166 to 6,434 between 1890 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
1890166
20106,427
20206,434+7 (+0%)

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

134 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 134 fires within 5 miles of Carbondale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,181 acres in total. 41 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined73
Natural41
Debris and open burning9
Recreation and ceremony5
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
5 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCarbondale & Rural Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
5 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCarbondale & Rural Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
30 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCarbondale & Rural Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
30 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
28 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCarbondale & Rural Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
24 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCarbondale & Rural Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
20 September 1995Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionONION RDG
14 September 2017Naturalunder an acreCarbondale & Rural Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Garfield County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Carbondale: 2 unknowns, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, Dimension. 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
Midcontinent LimestoneLimestone, DimensionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSand and Gravel
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Garfield County

Storms near this place

18 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carbondale in 18 storm reports between 2002 and 2024: 8 heavy rain, 3 hail, 2 wildfire, 2 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 2002WildfireCarbondale$1,200,000no account filed
July 2002WildfireCarbondale$1,000,000no account filed
June 2004LightningCarbondale$60,000no account filed
September 2003Heavy RainCarbondale$2,000no account filed
May 2006Thunderstorm WindCarbondale$500no account filed
August 2024Debris FlowCarbondale-Heavy rain from a thunderstorm produced a minor mudslide on Highway 82 at mile marker 12, about 1 mile north of Carbondale.
August 2023Flash FloodCarbondale-The Garfield County Sheriff's office reported flash flooding in portions of Carbondale as a result of heavy rain from thunderstorms.
August 2023HailCarbondale-Hail estimated to be an inch in diameter was reported on social media from Carbondale.
August 2017Heavy RainCarbondale-In addition to pea sized hail, 0.60 inches of rain fell within 40 minutes.
August 2017Flash FloodCarbondale-As a result of heavy rains, several streets were flooded with water up to a foot deep that ran across the roadway in Carbondale, including the intersection of Village Road and Highway 133, as well as west Main Street and Highway 133.
July 2011Heavy RainCarbondale-Over a third of an inch of rain fell within 30 minutes.
May 2007HailCarbondale-A mid-morning thunderstorm produced hail up to the size of nickels. Hail accummulated up to 4 inches deep. Many trees were stripped of all their leaves and gardens were decimated. Some street flooding was also reported due to the combination of rain and hail.
May 2007Heavy RainCarbondale-A heavy rain producing thunderstorm caused minor street flooding in Carbondale. Additionally, a significant amount of hail accompanied the rain.
May 2007HailCarbondale-Hail stones up to nickel-size in diameter defoliated many trees in town and decimated gardens. Accumulations of hail were up to 2 inches deep.
July 2007Heavy RainCarbondale-Runoff from heavy rain producing thunderstorms caused a small stream in Carbondale to overflow its banks. Water from the stream flowed onto a neighborhood sidewalk. A spotter in Carbondale measured 0.60 of an inch of rain within 10 minutes.
July 2007Heavy RainCarbondale-Minor flooding was reported in the Crystal Bridge Drive area along Highway 133 just south of Carbondale.
June 2006Heavy RainCarbondale-no account filed
August 2006Heavy RainCarbondale-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Garfield 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
Satank1.2 miles16
Kiggin2.2 miles16
Mulford2.3 miles16
Catherine3.1 miles16
Cattle Creek4.7 miles15
Cardiff8.9 miles22
No Name11.8 miles22
Glenwood Springs11.9 miles22

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 CarbondaleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q389086The 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 174841. 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.