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McCoy, Colorado

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Eagle-Gypsum census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80463. It stands on Yarmony Creek. The Survey maps it on the McCoy quadrangle. 30 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,706 feet above sea level.

McCoy within Eagle County

On record in McCoy

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

Population over time

2 figures

McCoy grew from 24 to 30 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.

YearPeople Change
201024
202030+6 (+25%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

59 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of McCoy between 1993 and 2020, burning about 12 acres in total. 42 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
Natural42
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Recreation and ceremony1
Firearms and explosives use1
Fireworks1
Debris and open burning1
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
9 September 2019Naturalunder an acreWhite River National ForestWATER WHEEL
9 September 2019Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionWATERWHEEL
7 September 2013Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionDRIFT BOAT
2 September 1996Naturalunder an acreWhite River National ForestRICHMOND HILL
15 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
9 August 2008Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionWATER WHEEL
7 August 2013Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionBALANCED ROCK
6 August 2000Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionCONGOR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Eagle County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of McCoy: 7 occurrences, 4 past producers, 3 producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Stone, Dimension, Uranium. 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
Burns & MccoyGold, Copper, Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Copper KingCopper, Lead, Silver, GoldPast Producer1900, 1910
Copper SpurCopper, Gold, Lead, SilverProspect
Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mccoy Pit & QuarryPumicePast Producer
UnknownLimestone, GeneralOccurrenceLimestone
Tipton RanchUraniumOccurrence
Tipton RanchUraniumUnknown
UnknownStone, DimensionOccurrenceScoria
UnknownStone, DimensionOccurrenceScoria

Every working recorded in Eagle 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
Copper Spur2.0 miles11
Bond3.5 miles12
State Bridge5.7 miles12
Dell7.2 miles10
Burns9.0 miles12
Derby Junction10.1 miles12
Sheephorn13.8 miles19
Wolcott14.9 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 McCoyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6800625The 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 175753. 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.