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Gypsum, Colorado

13 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 81637. It stands on Gypsum Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gypsum quadrangle. 8,040 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,312 feet above sea level.

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Gypsum within Eagle County

On record in Gypsum

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 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Gypsum grew from 6,477 to 8,040 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
20106,477
20208,040+1,563 (+24%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

300 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 300 fires within 5 miles of Gypsum between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,796 acres in total. 151 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
Natural151
Recreation and ceremony70
Missing data/not specified/undetermined57
Debris and open burning10
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking2
Fireworks1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2003Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionROAD GULCH
7 September 2001Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionMCHATTEN
6 September 2006Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionDRY LAKE
5 September 2013Natural4.6 acresNorthwest District, Grand JunctionSPRING CREEK 2
5 September 2013Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionSPRING CREEK 3
5 September 2011Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionTENDERFOOT
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersGYPSUM
5 September 2002Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionMCHATTEN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Eagle County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Gypsum: 12 occurrences, 6 producers, 2 past producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Stone, Dimension, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold. 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
Gravel PitsStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnknownGold, SilverProducerPlacer
UnknownGypsum-Anhydrite, AnthracitePast Producer
UnknownGoldProducerPlacer
Vesuvius, LavaGoldOccurrencePlacer
Dotsero CraterStone, DimensionOccurrenceScoria
UnknownStone, DimensionOccurrenceScoria
UnknownStone, DimensionOccurrenceScoria
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSand and Gravel
UnknownStone, DimensionOccurrenceScoria

Every working recorded in Eagle County

Storms near this place

15 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gypsum in 15 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 10 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. 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 1999Flash FloodGypsum$350,000no account filed
July 2011Flash FloodGypsum$5,000Flash flooding occurred along a 5 mile stretch along and near Gypsum Creek Road, with flood waters up to 8 feet deep across one side road. Roads were washed out in places.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindGypsum-A peak wind gust of 68 MPH was measured by the automated weather station at the Eagle County Regional Airport. A tree was knocked down in Gypsum around the same time that these thunderstorm wind gusts occurred.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindGypsum-A peak wind gust of 60 mph was measured by the automated weather station at the Eagle County Regional Airport.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindGypsum-A peak wind gust of 61 mph was measured by the automated weather station at the Eagle County Regional Airport.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindGypsum-The automated weather station at the Eagle County Regional Airport measured a peak wind gust of 61 mph as a line of showers and thunderstorms moved across the area. The severe winds resulted in 645 power outages across Eagle County.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindGypsum-The automated weather station at the Eagle County Regional Airport measured a peak wind gust of 59 mph from a strong thunderstorm.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindGypsum-Thunderstorm wind gust to 60 mph reported in the town of Gypsum.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindGypsum-Severe outflow winds were reported at the Eagle County Airport as winds gusted up to 69 mph.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindGypsum-Thunderstorm outflow winds of up to 60 mph were reported along with pea sized hail accumulating several inches deep.
July 2004Flash FloodGypsum-no account filed
July 2004Heavy RainGypsum-no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindGypsum-no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindGypsum-no account filed
August 2000Flash FloodGypsum-no account filed

Every storm 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
Dotsero5.8 miles19
Eagle6.5 miles12
Wolcott15.0 miles14
Derby Junction15.5 miles12
Burns16.0 miles12
Carterville16.2 miles14
Dell17.2 miles10
Fulford18.1 miles12

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 GypsumAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1003831The 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 175853. 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.