Eagle, Colorado
12 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 81631. It stands on Eby Creek. The Survey maps it on the Eagle quadrangle. 7,511 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,601 feet above sea level.
On record in Eagle
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 2 records
- Eagle River Bridgelisted 2002
- Upper Brush Creek Schoollisted 2015
Population over time
3 figuresEagle grew from 358 to 7,511 between 1920 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1920 | 358 | |
| 2010 | 6,508 | |
| 2020 | 7,511 | +1,003 (+15%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1957 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Eagle quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Vail quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
345 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 345 fires within 5 miles of Eagle between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,653 acres in total. 174 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 | 174 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 74 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 71 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Eagle County | EBY CREEK |
| 7 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | MCHATTEN |
| 7 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | HOCKET GLC |
| 6 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | H SCRABBLE |
| 5 September 2013 | Natural | 4.6 acres | Northwest District, Grand Junction | SPRING CREEK 2 |
| 5 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | SPRING CREEK 3 |
| 5 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | HIGHWAY 6 |
| 5 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | MCHATTEN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Eagle: 4 occurrences, 4 producers, 3 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brush Creek | Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Ground Hog Mine | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Gold | Producer | Placer | |
| Unknown | Gypsum-Anhydrite, Anthracite | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pits | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel | |
| Unknown | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel |
Storms near this place
7 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eagle in 7 storm reports between 1998 and 2007: 3 flash flood, 2 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Eagle | $2,000 | Water and mud came down a drainage from the north and flowed across all lanes of Interstate 70 and continued across Highway 6. The flow of water and mud covered a 175 yard stretch of Interstate 70 and Highway 6 and was up to 4 feet deep when it struck the interstate. Two cars on Interstate 70 were stuck in 1.5 feet deep mud which was up to 3 feet deep in the west-bound lanes. The west-bound lanes of the interstate were closed for about 6 hours, while HIghway 6 and the east-bound lanes of the interstate were closed for a shorter period of time. |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Eagle | $2,000 | Heavy rainfall in the Sylvan Lake State Park area resulted in a flash flood. The flood came down from the east and was filled with debris that flowed up to 8 feet in depth down a normally dry drainage called Sneeve Gulch. Unofficial rainfall measurements of just over 2 inches came from the State Park Service. The flash flood widened the gulch from about 10 feet to 30 feet. The flash flood crossed USFS Road 400 and a Park Service tributary road. When the flash flood struck the main road, the culverts were immediately clogged with debris and the flow of water and debris went across the road, causing errosion to the road and depositing several feet of debris on the road. An 8 foot high berm adjacent to the Park Service tributary road was 10 feet in length prior to the flash flood. After the flood the berm was 70 feet in length. The debris within the flash flood included trees up to 2 feet in diameter and boulders up to 4 feet in diameter. About 80 people were trapped at the Sylvan Lake State Park campground that night. The flash flood came close to a couple of State Park structures. Otherwise, there was no significant property damage except to the USFS Road 400 where the culverts needed to be replaced. |
| August 1998 | Flash Flood | Eagle | $500 | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Eagle | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Flood | Eagle | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Flood | Eagle | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gypsum | 6.5 miles | 13 | |
| Wolcott | 8.6 miles | 14 | |
| Carterville | 9.8 miles | 14 | |
| Dotsero | 12.3 miles | 19 | |
| Edwards | 12.4 miles | 16 | |
| Fulford | 13.3 miles | 12 | |
| Arrowhead Village | 13.9 miles | 16 | |
| Bachelor Gulch Village | 15.3 miles | 13 |
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 Eagle | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q670929 | 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 204664. 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.






