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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.

Hamilton within Moffat County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 15 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

34 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1
Firearms and explosives use1
Smoking1

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
4 September 2009Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, CraigMOFFAT FIELD
4 September 2009Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, CraigBADGER
4 September 2009Natural1.0 acresNorthwest District, CraigHAMILTON
4 September 2009Natural3.3 acresNorthwest District, CraigHORSE GULCH
31 August 2018Natural9.6 acresNorthwest District, CraigTRAPPER
30 August 2007Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, CraigHAMILTON RIDGE
3 August 1996Natural8.0 acresNorthwest District, CraigRECEPTION
22 August 2000Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, CraigDEAL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Moffat County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrenceScoria
Unnamed Placer MinesGoldPast ProducerGold
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Moffat County

Storms near this place

3 since 2003

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2004Heavy RainHamilton$2,000no account filed
September 2007Heavy RainHamilton-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 2003WildfireHamilton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Moffat 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
Iles Grove4.5 miles17
Loyd6.5 miles17
Craig South Highlands8.5 miles17
Craig10.8 miles16
Axial11.0 miles17
Lay18.0 miles13
Juniper Hot Springs19.3 miles17
Maybell27.2 miles14

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 HamiltonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5644754The 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.