Dell, Colorado

10 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 80426. It lies near Blue Hill. The Survey maps it on the Blue Hill quadrangle.

Dell within Eagle County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 10 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.

1957 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1959 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000
1972 USGS Blue Hill quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1980 USGS Vail quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

40 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Dell between 1992 and 2020, burning about 39 acres in total. 28 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	28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7
Recreation and ceremony	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
Firearms and explosives use	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
30 September 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters	MCCOY
2 September 1996	Natural	under an acre	White River National Forest	RICHMOND HILL
11 September 1992	Natural	under an acre	Northwest District, Grand Junction	SUNNYSIDE
1 September 2009	Natural	under an acre	Northwest District, Grand Junction	SUNNYSIDE
7 August 2013	Natural	under an acre	Northwest District, Grand Junction	BALANCED ROCK
5 August 1994	Natural	under an acre	Northwest District, Grand Junction	BLACK MTN
30 August 2009	Natural	under an acre	Northwest District, Grand Junction	BALANCING ROCK
25 August 2001	Natural	under an acre	Northwest District, Grand Junction	BAL ROCK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Eagle County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Dell: 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold. 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
	Burns & Mccoy	Gold	Producer	Placer
	Eagle River	Gold	Occurrence	Placer

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Burns	1.7 miles	12
Derby Junction	2.8 miles	12
McCoy	7.2 miles	11
Bond	9.0 miles	12
Copper Spur	9.1 miles	11
State Bridge	11.1 miles	12
Wolcott	15.7 miles	14
Eagle	16.0 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 175742. 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.