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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.

Liberty Bell within San Miguel County

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 29 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

26 since 1994

Regional 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/undetermined10
Natural5
Recreation and ceremony4
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
8 September 2001Smokingunder an acreGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National ForestsBLUE LAKE
12 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersMOUNTAIN VILLAGE
10 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTelluride Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
4 August 2017Naturalunder an acreTelluride Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
24 August 2007Naturalunder an acreGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National ForestsPROSPECT BASIN
24 August 2007Naturalunder an acreGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National ForestsLIFT 6
5 July 2003Fireworksunder an acreGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National ForestsBEAR CREEK
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 San Miguel County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 192 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Alta MineGold, Lead, Copper, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Andrus MineGold, Copper, Zinc, Lead, SilverPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Animas AggregatesSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Atlanta TunnelGold, Lead, Thorium, Zinc, CopperPast Producer
Barstow MineFluorine-Fluorite, Copper, SilverPast Producer
Black BearLead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, SilverPast Producer
Black Hawk TunnelGold, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Black Jack Lode, RuthSilver, MolybdenumOccurrenceMolybdenite
Camp Bird MineCopper, Gold, Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer1896, 1900
Carbonero MineLead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, SilverProducerSphalerite

Every working recorded in San Miguel 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
Pandora0.5 miles29
Telluride0.9 miles29
Tomboy (historical)2.2 miles29
San Miguel2.3 miles29
Mountain Village3.2 miles29
Keystone4.5 miles27
Alta (historical)4.5 miles29
Ilium5.4 miles27

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.