Dotsero, Colorado
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Eagle-Gypsum census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81637. It stands on Eagle River. The Survey maps it on the Dotsero quadrangle. 1,172 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,150 feet above sea level.
On record in Dotsero
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
Dotsero Bridgelisted 2002
Population over time
2 figuresDotsero grew from 705 to 1,172 between 2010 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 705 | |
| 2020 | 1,172 | +467 (+66%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 19 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.
- 1927 USGS Glenwood Springs quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1930 USGS Glenwood Springs quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 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
- 1974 USGS Dotsero quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Glenwood Springs quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
158 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 158 fires within 5 miles of Dotsero between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,497 acres in total. 107 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 | 107 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | BLOWOUTHIL |
| 7 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | LYONS |
| 4 September 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | DEEP CREEK |
| 3 September 2004 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Northwest District, Grand Junction | BLOWOUT H2 |
| 25 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | RUMBLE |
| 21 September 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | FOSSIL |
| 2 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.2 acres | Northwest District, Grand Junction | DOTSERO |
| 2 September 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | BURNT TREE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Dotsero: 8 occurrences, 3 past producers, 3 producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Stone, Dimension, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Volcanic Materials. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avon Pit-Porto-Mix | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Dotsero Quarry | Pumice | Producer | ||
| Dotsero Warm Srpings | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Volcanic Materials | Occurrence | Ash | |
| Vesuvius, Lava | Gold | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Sand and Gravel | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sand and Gravel | |
| Blowout Hill | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| Deep Creek | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| Dotsero Crater | Stone, Dimension | Occurrence | Scoria |
Storms near this place
4 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dotsero in 4 storm reports between 2003 and 2012: 1 wildfire, 1 flash flood, 1 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dotsero | $12,000 | Severe thunderstorm outflow winds destroyed a barn when a well secured roof was blown off. |
| July 2003 | Flash Flood | Dotsero | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Flood | Dotsero | - | The Colorado River experienced elevated flows due to snow melt runoff from June 5th to the end of the month. Flood advisories or warnings were in effect through most of this time, with a few brief exceptions when the river fell just below bankfull. The main area of concern was from the confluence with the Eagle River near Dotsero to the County line just above Glenwood Canyon. Water quickly rose on the evening of June 6th when flood warnings were issued and remained in place through June 10th. Highway 6 at Dotsero was closed due to the high water levels reaching the bottom of the bridge. The river continued to reach or exceed bankfull conditions through the end of the month, except the period of June 19th through the 24th when cooler weather reduced the heavy runoff. Lowland flooding was reported through the month and some sandbagging of residential areas were required from near Gypsum to Dotsero. |
| July 2003 | Wildfire | Dotsero | - | 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.
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 Dotsero | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q590797 | 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 174006. 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.








