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Fulford, Colorado

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Eagle-Gypsum census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81631. It lies near White Quail Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Fulford quadrangle.

Fulford within Eagle County

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

42 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Fulford between 1992 and 2020, burning about 18 acres in total. 11 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
Recreation and ceremony31
Natural11

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
7 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWhite River National ForestYEOMAN PARK
6 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWhite River National ForestM GREEN
6 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWhite River National ForestONE
30 September 2001Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresWhite River National ForestADAM MOUNTAIN
20 September 2010Naturalunder an acreWhite River National ForestBELLYACHE
8 August 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWhite River National ForestSOONER
24 August 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWhite River National ForestNOLAN LAKE
22 August 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWhite River National ForestTINY

Every fire recorded in Eagle County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Fulford: 5 past producers, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Gold, Lead, Silver, 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
FulfordLead, SilverPast Producer
UnknownLead, SilverOccurrenceLead, Silver
Wildflower GroupSilver, Gold, Lead, CopperOccurrenceGalena, Tetrahedrite
Polar Star MineGoldPast Producer
UnknownGoldOccurrenceGold
At LastManganesePast Producer
Johnson MineManganesePast Producer
UnknownManganesePast Producer

Every working 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
Carterville8.0 miles14
Arrowhead Village9.5 miles16
Bachelor Gulch Village9.5 miles13
Edwards9.6 miles16
Beaver Creek Village9.7 miles13
Avon10.7 miles16
Holy Cross City (historical)11.7 miles32
Ruedi (historical)12.7 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 176042. 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.