Clark, Colorado
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Steamboat Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80428. It lies near Cottonwood Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Clark quadrangle. It stands 7,260 feet above sea level.
On record in Clark
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 1 record
Columbinelisted 2007
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 20 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.
- 1911 USGS Hahns Peak quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1913 USGS Hahns Peak quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Clark quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1962 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Walden quadrangle1:100000
- 2000 USGS Clark quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
21 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Clark between 1992 and 2018, burning about 26 acres in total. 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | GREENVILLE |
| 26 September 2010 | Smoking | 8.0 acres | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | COULTON |
| 23 September 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | 471 |
| 2 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | North Routt Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 13 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | OAK CREEK |
| 8 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | WILLOW CREEK |
| 29 August 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | TAYLOR CANYON |
| 28 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | PEARL |
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 Clark: 2 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Copper, Copper, Gold, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gate, Jgb, Grover Clevland, Ben Harrison, El Capitan Placers | Gold | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Greenville Mine | Zinc, Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Greenville Shaft | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Unknown | Zinc, Copper, Lead | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
4 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clark in 4 storm reports between 2009 and 2023: 1 hail, 1 tornado, 1 debris flow, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2023 | Debris Flow | Clark | - | A large mudslide occurred as a result of rapid snowmelt on County Road 129 south of Clark near Fetcher Ranch. |
| May 2023 | Flood | Clark | - | Seedhouse Road in Routt County northeast of Clark was closed between mile markers 3 and 5 as a result of flooding. |
| June 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Clark | - | A relatively high-elevation tornado in the Routt National Forest was observed by numerous individuals in Routt County. The rotational winds reached the ground initially near the 8900 foot level. Although the rotational winds were on the ground for no more than a couple of minutes, the associated condensation funnel existed for about 10 minutes. A debris cloud which indicated wind rotation on the ground was observed by some eyewitnesses who photographed the tornado. |
| August 2009 | Hail | Clark | - | Hail up to 1.25 inches in diameter pummeled a forested area southeast of Steamboat Lake. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Eden | 0.8 miles | 20 | |
| Mad Creek | 9.8 miles | 18 | |
| Mystic | 10.2 miles | 18 | |
| Columbine | 10.5 miles | 20 | |
| Slavonia | 12.6 miles | 23 | |
| Steamboat II | 13.7 miles | 18 | |
| Elkhead | 15.8 miles | 21 | |
| Steamboat Springs | 15.9 miles | 12 |
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 Clark | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5127117 | 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 172283. 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.











