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Eldredge, Colorado

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Ouray census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81403. It stands on Billy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Colona quadrangle. It stands 6,539 feet above sea level.

Eldredge within Ouray County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

89 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Eldredge between 1992 and 2020, burning about 185 acres in total. 60 started naturally. 1 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
Natural60
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Recreation and ceremony4
Debris and open burning3
Arson/incendiarism1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
6 September 1993Natural1.0 acresMontrose Fire Protection Districtnot named
5 September 1993Naturalunder an acreSouthwest District, MontroseONION 2
3 September 2016Naturalunder an acreMontrose Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
3 September 2016Naturalunder an acreSouthwest District, MontrosePROCK RANCH
28 September 1997Naturalunder an acreSouthwest District, MontroseHORSEFLY
23 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLog Hill Mesa Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
21 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLog Hill Mesa Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
12 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMontrose Fire Protection Districtnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ouray County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Eldredge: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zinc, Lead. 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
Falcon MillGold, Zinc, LeadProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dallas PlacersGoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in Ouray 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
Colona2.7 miles17
Loghill Village6.4 miles16
Dallas7.3 miles21
Ridgway9.3 miles16
Portland14.7 miles26
Ouray19.0 miles26
Thistledown20.6 miles28
Sneffels (historical)21.6 miles28

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 EldredgeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5354152The 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 188239. 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.