Egnar, Colorado
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the West San Miguel census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81325. The Survey maps it on the Egnar quadrangle. It stands 7,329 feet above sea level.
On record in Egnar
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
- Burro Mine Complexlisted 2025
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1949 USGS Egnar quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1950 USGS Egnar quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Cortez quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Cortez quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Cortez quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Cortez quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Cortez quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Dove Creek quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Egnar quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
26 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Egnar between 1993 and 2019, burning about 1,098 acres in total. 25 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 | 25 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | SPUD |
| 8 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | BUSH |
| 3 September 1996 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Southwest District, Montrose | NORMA JEAN |
| 26 September 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 28 August 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Tres Rios Field Office | SOUTH CREEK |
| 28 August 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Tres Rios Field Office | SPUD |
| 21 August 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Tres Rios Field Office | BELL |
| 20 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | BUSH |
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 133 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 133 workings within 5 miles of Egnar: 64 past producers, 34 unknowns, 26 occurrences, 5 prospects. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Vanadium, Uranium, Vanadium, Vanadium, Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slickrock Concentrator | Diatomite, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Todd & Williams Plant & Dump | Uranium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Vanadium | Unknown | ||
| Governor Mine | Vanadium, Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Hangover | Vanadium, Uranium | Past Producer | 1955 | |
| I. V. | Vanadium, Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Joe Bush Group | Vanadium, Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Lucky Day | Vanadium, Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Marie 1 | Vanadium, Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Montezuma | Vanadium, Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Moqui Jug | Vanadium, Uranium | Unknown | 1942 |
Storms near this place
10 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Egnar in 10 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 3 heavy rain, 2 flash flood, 2 flood, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2023 | Flood | Egnar | $2,000 | A CoCoRaHS observer southwest of Redvale reported flooding as a result of heavy rain from thunderstorms. Over an inch of rain was recorded, which led to partial erosion of the observer's irrigation ditch. |
| July 2010 | Heavy Rain | Egnar | $500 | An access road to Highway 141 was washed out in one spot due to runoff from heavy rainfall. |
| June 2025 | Debris Flow | Egnar | - | The Colorado Department of Transportation closed down both lanes of Colorado Highway 145 at mile marker 95 due to a mudslide around 1:35 PM MDT. This closure was lifted later that afternoon, once the road was cleared of mud. No reports of damages, fatalities, or injuries were received other than the temporary road closure. |
| May 2023 | Flood | Egnar | - | Flooding occurred at the Gypsum Valley Boat Launch as a result of increased snowmelt and flow along the Dolores River. |
| August 2011 | Flash Flood | Egnar | - | Flash flooding caused normally dry washes to run full and out of banks onto residences in the Egnar area. |
| August 2007 | Heavy Rain | Egnar | - | Rainfall runoff from slow moving thunderstorms over southwest San Miguel County deposited debris on Highway 141 at various places from just south of Egnar to Slick Rock. Colorado Department of Transportation road crews used plows to clear the debris. |
| August 2006 | Flash Flood | Egnar | - | no account filed |
| September 2003 | Heavy Rain | Egnar | - | no account filed |
| September 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Egnar | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Hail | Egnar | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beards Corner | 20.2 miles | 20 | |
| Basin | 23.7 miles | 20 | |
| Norwood | 37.4 miles | 16 | |
| Placerville | 47.5 miles | 18 | |
| Leonard (historical) | 49.5 miles | 18 | |
| Sawpit | 50.0 miles | 14 | |
| Vanadium | 51.4 miles | 27 | |
| Lime | 53.6 miles | 27 |
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 Egnar | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3541462 | 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 176280. 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.








