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Carterville, Colorado

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Eagle-Gypsum census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81632. It lies near Dry Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Wolcott quadrangle.

Carterville within Eagle County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

71 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Carterville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 225 acres in total. 24 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/undetermined32
Natural24
Recreation and ceremony8
Debris and open burning3
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Fireworks1

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
4 September 1992Arson/incendiarism7.5 acresEagle Countynot named
28 September 1994Debris and open burning107 acresWhite River National ForestSALT CREEK #2
25 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
21 September 2010Naturalunder an acreWhite River National ForestBEARD
20 September 2010Naturalunder an acreWhite River National ForestBELLYACHE
20 September 2010Naturalunder an acreWhite River National ForestBERRY CREEK
16 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreEagle CountyMURRAY ROAD
16 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreEagle Countynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Eagle County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Carterville: 4 producers, 2 past producers, 2 occurrences. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silver, Manganese, Uranium. 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
B & B Edwards PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lake Cr.GoldOccurrencePlacer
Lucky Strike #1UraniumPast Producer
UnknownSilverProducerVein
UnknownManganesePast Producer
UnknownGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrenceSedimentary
Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Eagle 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
Edwards2.9 miles16
Arrowhead Village4.2 miles16
Wolcott5.3 miles14
Bachelor Gulch Village5.5 miles13
Avon6.6 miles16
Beaver Creek Village7.2 miles13
Fulford8.0 miles12
Eagle9.8 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 176264. 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.