Meredith, Colorado
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Aspen census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81621. It stands on Miller Creek. The Survey maps it on the Meredith quadrangle. It stands 7,772 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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.
- 1909 USGS Mount Jackson quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1911 USGS Mount Jackson quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 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
- 1970 USGS Meredith quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1983 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
12 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Meredith between 1994 and 2020, burning about 387 acres in total. 4 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 | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | White River National Forest | FRYING PAN |
| 28 August 2016 | Natural | under an acre | White River National Forest | RUEDI |
| 1 August 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | White River National Forest | SMITH FIRE |
| 26 July 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | White River National Forest | MOLLIE BEE |
| 24 July 2008 | Natural | under an acre | White River National Forest | FRYING PAN |
| 14 July 1994 | Natural | under an acre | White River National Forest | SMITH CREEK |
| 15 June 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | White River National Forest | BURNT TRIANGLE |
| 5 May 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | White River National Forest | NORTH FORK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Meredith: 3 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Uranium, Limestone, General, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frying Pan Claims | Uranium | Occurrence | Torbernite | |
| Meredith | Calcium | Past Producer | ||
| Porphyry Mountain Mines Co | Lead, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Limestone, General | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Reudi | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | Sedimentary |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomasville | 1.5 miles | 18 | |
| Biglow | 3.6 miles | 18 | |
| Norrie | 4.8 miles | 18 | |
| Nast | 8.4 miles | 18 | |
| Lenado | 8.5 miles | 26 | |
| Woody Creek | 10.5 miles | 19 | |
| Aspen | 12.7 miles | 26 | |
| Snowmass | 13.7 miles | 19 |
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 Meredith | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3541412 | 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 179732. 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.








