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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.

Gunnison within Gunnison County

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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

45 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined26
Recreation and ceremony11
Natural4
Firearms and explosives use1
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1
Debris and open burning1

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
9 September 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouthwest District, MontroseHARTMAN
30 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouthwest District, MontroseHARTMAN ROCK
29 September 2018Firearms and explosives use10 acresSouthwest District, MontroseABERDEEN QUARRY
30 August 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouthwest District, MontroseCHANCE GULCH
20 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersGUNNISON
10 August 1992Naturalunder an acreSouthwest District, MontroseANTELOPE
4 July 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
4 July 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gunnison County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gunnison DistrictGold, Silver, Zinc, Lead, CopperOccurrenceVein
Rooftop #1Quartz, FeldsparOccurrenceFeldspar, Quartz
UnknownFeldspar, QuartzUnknown
UnknownPumiceUnknown
UnknownStone, DimensionProducerTuff
UnknownBentoniteOccurrenceBentonite
Whispering PineTungsten, CopperPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Gunnison County

Storms near this place

8 since 1999

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2004Heavy RainGunnison$40,000no account filed
August 1999Flash FloodGunnison$30,000no account filed
July 2004Flash FloodGunnison$15,000no account filed
June 2012Heavy RainGunnison-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 2007Heavy RainGunnison-A thunderstorm produced .75 inches of rain in 30 minutes resulting in 1 inch of water over Highway 135.
June 2002WildfireGunnison-no account filed
July 2002WildfireGunnison-no account filed
July 2002WildfireGunnison-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Gunnison 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
Chance8.5 miles12
Almont9.2 miles15
Iola (historical)10.3 miles21
Parlin10.9 miles20
Sillsville11.1 miles12
Vulcan (historical)14.4 miles16
Midway (historical)15.5 miles16
Baldwin16.4 miles26

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.