Liberty Bell, Colorado
29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Telluride census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81435. It lies near Owl Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Telluride quadrangle.
On record in Liberty Bell
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Old Bank of Telluride BuildingNational Historic Landmark · listed 1966 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 29 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.
- 1897 USGS Telluride quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Telluride quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Telluride quadrangle1:24000, 8 printings
- 1955 USGS Telluride quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1961 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Silverton quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
26 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Liberty Bell between 1994 and 2020, burning about 98 acres in total. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2001 | Smoking | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | BLUE LAKE |
| 12 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | MOUNTAIN VILLAGE |
| 10 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Telluride Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 4 August 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Telluride Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 24 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | PROSPECT BASIN |
| 24 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | LIFT 6 |
| 5 July 2003 | Fireworks | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | BEAR CREEK |
| 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 192 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 192 workings within 5 miles of Liberty Bell: 145 past producers, 37 unknowns, 5 producers, 4 occurrences. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Lead, Lead, Silver, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alta Mine | Gold, Lead, Copper, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Andrus Mine | Gold, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite | |
| Animas Aggregates | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Atlanta Tunnel | Gold, Lead, Thorium, Zinc, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Barstow Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Black Bear | Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Black Hawk Tunnel | Gold, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Black Jack Lode, Ruth | Silver, Molybdenum | Occurrence | Molybdenite | |
| Camp Bird Mine | Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | 1896, 1900 | |
| Carbonero Mine | Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Silver | Producer | Sphalerite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pandora | 0.5 miles | 29 | |
| Telluride | 0.9 miles | 29 | |
| Tomboy (historical) | 2.2 miles | 29 | |
| San Miguel | 2.3 miles | 29 | |
| Mountain Village | 3.2 miles | 29 | |
| Keystone | 4.5 miles | 27 | |
| Alta (historical) | 4.5 miles | 29 | |
| Ilium | 5.4 miles | 27 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 187122. 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.










