Maybell, Colorado
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Maybell-Powder Wash census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81640. It stands on Deception Creek. The Survey maps it on the Maybell quadrangle. 76 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,922 feet above sea level.
On record in Maybell
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
- Two-Bar Ranchlisted 1978
Population over time
2 figuresMaybell grew from 72 to 76 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 72 | |
| 2020 | 76 | +4 (+6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1954 USGS Vernal quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Maybell quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Vernal quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Vernal quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Canyon Of Lodore quadrangle1:100000
- 1979 USGS Canyon of Lodore quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Maybell quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
111 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Maybell between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,114 acres in total. 102 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 | 102 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Craig | CLOSE CALL |
| 7 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Craig | EAGLE |
| 5 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Craig | MATTINGLY |
| 2 September 1995 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Northwest District, Craig | ENERGY |
| 2 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Craig | VOLUNTEER |
| 2 September 1994 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Dinosaur National Monument | HOLLAND |
| 16 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Craig | NORTH HILL |
| 14 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Craig | EAGLE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Maybell: 5 occurrences, 4 past producers, 4 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Uranium, Vanadium, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lucky Boy Claim | Uranium, Vanadium | Past Producer | ||
| Orr and T and L Claims | Uranium, Vanadium | Past Producer | 1955 | |
| Unknown | Uranium, Vanadium | Occurrence | ||
| Airborne Anomaly 56-15 | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Hudson Claim Group | Uranium | Unknown | 1954 | |
| Johnson M.C.S. | Uranium | Past Producer | 1954 | |
| Lucky Claim | Uranium | Unknown | 1954 | |
| Maybell Plant | Uranium | Producer | ||
| Orr Claims | Uranium | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
12 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Maybell in 12 storm reports between 1997 and 2014: 4 hail, 2 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2007 | Hail | Maybell | $5,000 | Hail from 3/4 inch to 1 inch diameter occurred. The hail broke windows on some homes. The hail came down with such force in one area that it punched holes in a 5 gallon plastic bucket. |
| May 2008 | Flood | Maybell | $1,000 | The Yampa River at Deerlodge Park exceeded flood stage. The river also exceeded bankfull in the Maybell vicinity and caused flooding of a yard near the river. |
| July 2014 | Flash Flood | Maybell | - | Highway 318 was closed for several hours due to a large amount of debris that was deposited on the roadway from flash flood waters. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Maybell | - | Hail up to one inch in diameter fell in the town of Maybell. Gardens were damaged. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Maybell | - | Nickel-size hail pummeled the town of Maybell. Gardens that were struck by hail earlier in the day were ravaged even further. |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maybell | - | no account filed |
| September 2007 | Funnel Cloud | Maybell | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Wildfire | Maybell | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maybell | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Wildfire | Maybell | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Maybell | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Flash Flood | Maybell | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunbeam | 6.2 miles | 13 | |
| Juniper Hot Springs | 7.9 miles | 17 | |
| Lay | 10.9 miles | 13 | |
| Elk Springs | 22.2 miles | 15 | |
| Axial | 22.4 miles | 17 | |
| Iles Grove | 24.6 miles | 17 | |
| Loyd | 25.1 miles | 17 | |
| Hamilton | 27.2 miles | 15 |
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 Maybell | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6796970 | 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 170708. 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.






