Gunnison, Colorado
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Gunnison census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81230. It stands on Antelope Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gunnison quadrangle.
On record in Gunnison
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 6 records
Edgerton Houselisted 1998
Fisher-Zugelder House and Smith Cottagelisted 1984
Gunnison River Bridge Ilisted 2002
Gunnison River Bridge IIlisted 2002
Vienna Bakery-Johnson Restaurantlisted 2005
Webster Buildinglisted 1984
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1954 USGS Gunnison quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Gunnison quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
45 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Gunnison between 1992 and 2020, burning about 186 acres in total. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | HARTMAN |
| 30 September 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | HARTMAN ROCK |
| 29 September 2018 | Firearms and explosives use | 10 acres | Southwest District, Montrose | ABERDEEN QUARRY |
| 30 August 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | CHANCE GULCH |
| 20 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | GUNNISON |
| 10 August 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | ANTELOPE |
| 4 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 4 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Gunnison: 9 occurrences, 4 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Quartz, Feldspar. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gunnison District | Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Rooftop #1 | Quartz, Feldspar | Occurrence | Feldspar, Quartz | |
| Unknown | Feldspar, Quartz | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Pumice | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Dimension | Producer | Tuff | |
| Unknown | Bentonite | Occurrence | Bentonite | |
| Whispering Pine | Tungsten, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gunnison in 8 storm reports between 1999 and 2012: 3 wildfire, 3 heavy rain, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2004 | Heavy Rain | Gunnison | $40,000 | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Flash Flood | Gunnison | $30,000 | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Flash Flood | Gunnison | $15,000 | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Heavy Rain | Gunnison | - | A thunderstorm dropped over a third of an inch in under a half of an hour, and produced some small hail as it moved through the city of Gunnison on the afternoon of the 28th. |
| July 2007 | Heavy Rain | Gunnison | - | A thunderstorm produced .75 inches of rain in 30 minutes resulting in 1 inch of water over Highway 135. |
| June 2002 | Wildfire | Gunnison | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Wildfire | Gunnison | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Wildfire | Gunnison | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chance | 8.5 miles | 12 | |
| Almont | 9.2 miles | 15 | |
| Iola (historical) | 10.3 miles | 21 | |
| Parlin | 10.9 miles | 20 | |
| Sillsville | 11.1 miles | 12 | |
| Vulcan (historical) | 14.4 miles | 16 | |
| Midway (historical) | 15.5 miles | 16 | |
| Baldwin | 16.4 miles | 26 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 188995. 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.





