Hamilton, Colorado
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Craig census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81638. It stands on Morapos Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hamilton quadrangle. It stands 6,243 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 15 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.
- 1910 USGS Danforth Hills quadrangle1:125000
- 1915 USGS Monument Butte quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Meeker quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
34 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Hamilton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 62 acres in total. 28 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Craig | MOFFAT FIELD |
| 4 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Craig | BADGER |
| 4 September 2009 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Northwest District, Craig | HAMILTON |
| 4 September 2009 | Natural | 3.3 acres | Northwest District, Craig | HORSE GULCH |
| 31 August 2018 | Natural | 9.6 acres | Northwest District, Craig | TRAPPER |
| 30 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Craig | HAMILTON RIDGE |
| 3 August 1996 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Northwest District, Craig | RECEPTION |
| 22 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Craig | DEAL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Hamilton: 2 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | Scoria | |
| Unnamed Placer Mines | Gold | Past Producer | Gold | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
3 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hamilton in 3 storm reports between 2003 and 2007: 2 heavy rain, 1 wildfire. 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 | Hamilton | $2,000 | no account filed |
| September 2007 | Heavy Rain | Hamilton | - | Rainfall of 2.35 inches occurred and caused localized flooding of a field and a driveway on the property of a COOP Observer. Water also washed boulders bigger than basketballs off a mountain just east of the property. |
| July 2003 | Wildfire | Hamilton | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iles Grove | 4.5 miles | 17 | |
| Loyd | 6.5 miles | 17 | |
| Craig South Highlands | 8.5 miles | 17 | |
| Craig | 10.8 miles | 16 | |
| Axial | 11.0 miles | 17 | |
| Lay | 18.0 miles | 13 | |
| Juniper Hot Springs | 19.3 miles | 17 | |
| Maybell | 27.2 miles | 14 |
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 Hamilton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5644754 | The 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 171491. 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.










