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Fraser, Colorado

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Granby census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80442. It stands on Elk Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fraser quadrangle. 1,400 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 8,573 feet above sea level.

Fraser within Grand County

On record in Fraser

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 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Fraser grew from 1,224 to 1,400 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
20101,224
20201,400+176 (+14%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 26 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

71 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Fraser between 1993 and 2020, burning about 16 acres in total. 3 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/undetermined38
Recreation and ceremony17
Debris and open burning4
Natural3
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Arson/incendiarism2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
8 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreEast Grand County Fire Protection District #4N/A
8 September 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreEast Grand County Fire Protection District #4UNKNOWN
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest District, CraigCLEAR CUT
4 September 2013Naturalunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandD3
3 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
3 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandMARY JANE
19 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresNorthwest District, CraigHURD CREEK
26 August 2020Smokingunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandZIPS DUMP

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grand County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Fraser: 3 occurrences, 3 producers, 3 past producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Silver, Zinc. 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
BeaverCopper, Beryllium, MicaProducerBeryl, Copper, Mica
UnknownGoldOccurrencePlacer
UnknownLead, Silver, Zinc, CopperPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel
UnknownLead, Copper, Silver, ZincPast Producer
UnknownLead, Copper, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Grand County

Storms near this place

4 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fraser in 4 storm reports between 2011 and 2020: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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
July 2011Flash FloodFraser$5,000The combination of heavy rain and spring runoff caused flash flooding along St. Louis Creek.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindFraser-Intense thunderstorm winds downed trees near Idlewild.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindFraser-Trees were knocked down.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindFraser-Trees were blown down at Devils Thumb Trailhead and blocked vehicles.

Every storm recorded in Grand 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
Maryvale1.8 miles26
Hideaway Park2.5 miles26
Tabernash3.6 miles26
Winter Park4.7 miles26
Corona (historical)7.0 miles28
Elkdale7.4 miles25
Granby11.7 miles25
Leal15.2 miles16

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 FraserAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2303220The 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 204701. 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.