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El Jebel, Colorado

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Basalt census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81623. It stands on Blue Creek. The Survey maps it on the Leon quadrangle. 4,130 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,483 feet above sea level.

El Jebel within Eagle County

Population over time

2 figures

El Jebel grew from 3,801 to 4,130 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.

YearPeople Change
20103,801
20204,130+329 (+9%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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.

Fires near this place

84 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of El Jebel between 1993 and 2020, burning about 6,631 acres in total. 27 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined37
Natural27
Recreation and ceremony6
Debris and open burning4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
5 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresNorthwest District, Grand JunctionEAGLE CO 11
3 September 1995Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionARBNEY HIL
28 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCarbondale & Rural Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
27 September 2018Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreBasalt & Rural Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
22 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWhite River National ForestSAWDUST
14 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCarbondale & Rural Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
11 September 2005Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionLYONS GUL
1 September 2012Smokingunder an acreWhite River National ForestMILL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Eagle County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of El Jebel: 2 producers, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
QuarryStoneProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSand and Gravel
Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Homeward BoundStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Eagle County

Storms near this place

6 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names El Jebel in 6 storm reports between 2006 and 2023: 2 heavy rain, 2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 debris flow. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2023Debris FlowEl Jebel-Strong thunderstorms sat over the Lake Christine Burn Scar with rain rates exceeding 1 inch per hour at times. As a result of heavy rain over the burn scar, there were reports of minor flooding in some townhomes. Additionally, the pedestrian underpass next to Whole Foods was filled with around 5.5 feet of water.
July 2018Heavy RainEl Jebel-An IRAWS station measured 0.24 inches of rain and small hail between 11:03 and 11:18 PM MST. The Incident Meteorologist on the Lake Christine fire reported that flowing water up to 6 inches deep ran across a U.S. Forest Service road and a small amount of debris flowed down drainages as a result of heavy rain.
July 2018Flash FloodEl Jebel-Minor debris flows were reported across the western portion of the Lake Christine fire burn scar with debris flowing toward Spring Park Reservoir. Crews reported standing water depth of 2 to 3 inches in some areas. The El Jebel RAWS site reported 0.34 inches of rain fell in approximately 30 minutes between 3:45 and 4:18 PM MST.
July 2018Flash FloodEl Jebel-The Incident Meteorologist on the Lake Christine fire reported that flowing water up to 6 inches deep ran across a U.S. Forest Service road and a small amount of debris flowed down drainages as a result of heavy rainfall. An IRAWS station in the area measured 0.24 of an inch of rain and small hail within 15 minutes.
July 2018Heavy RainEl Jebel-The El Jebel RAWS station measured 0.34 of an inch of rain which fell in approximately 30 minutes. Minor debris flows were reported across the western portion of the Lake Christine Wildfire burn scar with debris flowing toward Spring Park Reservoir. Fire fighting crews reported standing water depth of 2 to 3 inches in some areas.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindEl Jebel-no account filed

Every storm 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Leon0.9 miles12
Hooks1.4 miles14
Basalt3.5 miles14
Ruedi (historical)15.6 miles19
Dotsero17.6 miles19
Gypsum18.9 miles13
Eagle22.7 miles12
Fulford24.4 miles12

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 El JebelAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1324271The 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 174858. 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.