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.
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
Waterwheellisted 1977
Population over time
2 figuresMcCoy 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 24 | |
| 2020 | 30 | +6 (+25%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1957 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Mc Coy quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Vail quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
59 since 1993Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 42 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | White River National Forest | WATER WHEEL |
| 9 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | WATERWHEEL |
| 7 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | DRIFT BOAT |
| 2 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | White River National Forest | RICHMOND HILL |
| 15 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 9 August 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | WATER WHEEL |
| 7 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | BALANCED ROCK |
| 6 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | CONGOR |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burns & Mccoy | Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Copper King | Copper, Lead, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | 1900, 1910 | |
| Copper Spur | Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Mccoy Pit & Quarry | Pumice | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Limestone, General | Occurrence | Limestone | |
| Tipton Ranch | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Tipton Ranch | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Dimension | Occurrence | Scoria | |
| Unknown | Stone, Dimension | Occurrence | Scoria |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copper Spur | 2.0 miles | 11 | |
| Bond | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| State Bridge | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| Dell | 7.2 miles | 10 | |
| Burns | 9.0 miles | 12 | |
| Derby Junction | 10.1 miles | 12 | |
| Sheephorn | 13.8 miles | 19 | |
| Wolcott | 14.9 miles | 14 |
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 McCoy | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6800625 | 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 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.






