Eagles Nest, Colorado

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Minturn-Red Cliff census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81657. It lies near Ptarmigan Point. The Survey maps it on the Minturn quadrangle.

Eagles Nest within Eagle County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 21 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.

1934 USGS Minturn quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
1950 USGS Minturn quadrangle1:62500, 3 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
1970 USGS Minturn quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
1980 USGS Vail quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

113 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of Eagles Nest between 1992 and 2020, burning about 112 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 5 were 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	37
Recreation and ceremony	31
Natural	20
Power generation/transmission/distribution	7
Smoking	5
Arson/incendiarism	5
Debris and open burning	3
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Misuse of fire by a minor	2

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
9 September 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Vail Fire and Emergency Services	UNKNOWN
9 September 2009	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	White River National Forest	RADIO TOWER
7 September 1995	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	White River National Forest	GAME CREEK
5 September 2012	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	White River National Forest	DAVOS
5 September 1992	Arson/incendiarism	25 acres	Eagle County	not named
29 September 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	24 acres	White River National Forest	TWO ELK
22 September 2016	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Vail Fire and Emergency Services	UNKNOWN
17 September 2018	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	White River National Forest	CASCADE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Eagle County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Eagles Nest: 3 producers, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Magnesite, Stone, Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Unknown	Magnesite, Stone	Past Producer
Ute Park, High Line, Blue Jay	Gold	Occurrence	Placer
Gravel Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Gravel Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
New Jersey Zinc Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer

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
Mid Vail	1.0 miles	21
Vail	1.6 miles	21
West Vail	1.7 miles	19
Minturn	3.2 miles	21
Dowds Junction	3.3 miles	21
Astor City (historical)	4.9 miles	21
Bighorn	4.9 miles	21
Gilman	5.9 miles	21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 176139. 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.