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Copper Spur, Colorado

11 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 80423. It stands on Yarmony Creek. The Survey maps it on the McCoy quadrangle.

Copper Spur within Eagle County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

64 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Copper Spur between 1992 and 2020, burning about 72 acres in total. 44 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
Natural44
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Recreation and ceremony4
Debris and open burning2
Fireworks2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Equipment and vehicle use1
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 2019Naturalunder an acreWhite River National ForestWATER WHEEL
9 September 2019Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionWATERWHEEL
7 September 2013Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionDRIFT BOAT
5 September 2013Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, CraigELK CREEK
15 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
9 August 2008Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionWATER WHEEL
7 August 2013Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionBALANCED ROCK
6 August 2000Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionCONGOR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Eagle County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Copper Spur: 5 occurrences, 4 past producers, 2 producers, 2 unknowns. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Uranium, Gold, Stone, 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
Burns & MccoyGold, Copper, Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Copper KingCopper, Lead, Silver, GoldPast Producer1900, 1910
Copper SpurCopper, Gold, Lead, SilverProspect
Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mccoy Pit & QuarryPumicePast Producer
Eagle RiverGoldOccurrencePlacer
UnknownStone, DimensionOccurrenceScoria
UnknownStone, DimensionOccurrenceScoria
Rock Hat ClaimUraniumUnknown
Tipton RanchUraniumOccurrence

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
McCoy2.0 miles11
Bond2.5 miles12
State Bridge4.2 miles12
Dell9.1 miles10
Burns10.8 miles12
Sheephorn11.8 miles19
Derby Junction11.9 miles12
Wolcott14.3 miles14

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.

Wikidata item Q122572220The 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 175756. 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.