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.
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
Missouri Heights Schoollisted 1999
Satank Bridgelisted 1985- Holland-Thompson Propertylisted 2013
Population over time
3 figuresCarbondale 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1890 | 166 | |
| 2010 | 6,427 | |
| 2020 | 6,434 | +7 (+0%) |
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.
- 1957 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Carbondale quadrangle1:24000, 8 printings
- 1962 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Carbondale quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
134 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 73 |
| Natural | 41 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Carbondale & Rural Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 5 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Carbondale & Rural Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 30 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Carbondale & Rural Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 30 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 28 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Carbondale & Rural Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 24 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Carbondale & Rural Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 20 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | ONION RDG |
| 14 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Carbondale & Rural Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midcontinent Limestone | Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Sand and Gravel | |
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
18 since 2002Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2002 | Wildfire | Carbondale | $1,200,000 | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Wildfire | Carbondale | $1,000,000 | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Lightning | Carbondale | $60,000 | no account filed |
| September 2003 | Heavy Rain | Carbondale | $2,000 | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carbondale | $500 | no account filed |
| August 2024 | Debris Flow | Carbondale | - | Heavy rain from a thunderstorm produced a minor mudslide on Highway 82 at mile marker 12, about 1 mile north of Carbondale. |
| August 2023 | Flash Flood | Carbondale | - | The Garfield County Sheriff's office reported flash flooding in portions of Carbondale as a result of heavy rain from thunderstorms. |
| August 2023 | Hail | Carbondale | - | Hail estimated to be an inch in diameter was reported on social media from Carbondale. |
| August 2017 | Heavy Rain | Carbondale | - | In addition to pea sized hail, 0.60 inches of rain fell within 40 minutes. |
| August 2017 | Flash Flood | Carbondale | - | 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 2011 | Heavy Rain | Carbondale | - | Over a third of an inch of rain fell within 30 minutes. |
| May 2007 | Hail | Carbondale | - | 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 2007 | Heavy Rain | Carbondale | - | A heavy rain producing thunderstorm caused minor street flooding in Carbondale. Additionally, a significant amount of hail accompanied the rain. |
| May 2007 | Hail | Carbondale | - | 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 2007 | Heavy Rain | Carbondale | - | 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 2007 | Heavy Rain | Carbondale | - | Minor flooding was reported in the Crystal Bridge Drive area along Highway 133 just south of Carbondale. |
| June 2006 | Heavy Rain | Carbondale | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Heavy Rain | Carbondale | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Satank | 1.2 miles | 16 | |
| Kiggin | 2.2 miles | 16 | |
| Mulford | 2.3 miles | 16 | |
| Catherine | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| Cattle Creek | 4.7 miles | 15 | |
| Cardiff | 8.9 miles | 22 | |
| No Name | 11.8 miles | 22 | |
| Glenwood Springs | 11.9 miles | 22 |
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 Carbondale | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q389086 | The 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.






