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Minturn, Colorado

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Minturn-Red Cliff census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81645. It stands on Martin Creek. The Survey maps it on the Minturn quadrangle. 1,033 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 7,861 feet above sea level.

Minturn within Eagle County

On record in Minturn

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 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Minturn grew from 1,027 to 1,033 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
20101,027
20201,033+6 (+1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 21 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

110 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 110 fires within 5 miles of Minturn between 1992 and 2020, burning about 179 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 5 were 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
Recreation and ceremony34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined33
Natural18
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Arson/incendiarism5
Smoking3
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreVail Fire and Emergency ServicesUNKNOWN
9 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWhite River National ForestRADIO TOWER
7 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWhite River National ForestAVON
7 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWhite River National ForestGAME CREEK
5 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWhite River National ForestDAVOS
5 September 1992Arson/incendiarism25 acresEagle Countynot named
4 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresEagle Countynot named
4 September 1992Railroad operations and maintenance28 acresWhite River National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Eagle County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Minturn: 7 past producers, 5 occurrences, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Iron, Silver, Gold. 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
EagleIron, Silver, GoldOccurrenceLimonite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Siderite, Turgite
EagleArsenicOccurrence
Eagle #2AluminumOccurrence
Eagle MineZinc, Silver, Copper, Lead, Gold, ManganesePast Producer1879
GilmanZincProducerReplacement
Gilman (Red Cliff) DistrictLead, Gold, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Manganese, IronPast ProducerAnglesite, Chalcopyrite, Cerargyrite, Cerussite, Galena, Hemimorphite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite, Psilomelane, Pyrolusite, Smithsonite
Iron MaskGold, Silver, Zinc, Manganese, LeadProducerReplacement
Tip Top MineLead, Zinc, CopperPast Producer
UnknownMagnesite, StonePast Producer
Ute Park, High Line, Blue JayGoldOccurrencePlacer

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
Dowds Junction1.8 miles21
Astor City (historical)2.8 miles21
West Vail3.1 miles19
Eagles Nest3.2 miles21
Mid Vail3.9 miles21
Gilman4.2 miles21
Beaver Creek Village4.7 miles13
Vail4.8 miles21

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 MinturnAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2076232The 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 176136. 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.