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.
Population over time
2 figuresEl 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3,801 | |
| 2020 | 4,130 | +329 (+9%) |
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
- 1961 USGS Leon quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Carbondale quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
84 since 1993Regional 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/undetermined | 37 |
| Natural | 27 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Northwest District, Grand Junction | EAGLE CO 11 |
| 3 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | ARBNEY HIL |
| 28 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Carbondale & Rural Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 27 September 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Basalt & Rural Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 22 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | White River National Forest | SAWDUST |
| 14 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Carbondale & Rural Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 11 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | LYONS GUL |
| 1 September 2012 | Smoking | under an acre | White River National Forest | MILL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarry | Stone | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Sand and Gravel | |
| Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Homeward Bound | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2006Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2023 | Debris Flow | El 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 2018 | Heavy Rain | El 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 2018 | Flash Flood | El 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 2018 | Flash Flood | El 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 2018 | Heavy Rain | El 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 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | El Jebel | - | 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 El Jebel | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1324271 | 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 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.






