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Mitchell, Colorado

33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Minturn-Red Cliff census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81649. It lies near Piney Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Pando quadrangle. It stands 9,895 feet above sea level.

Mitchell within Eagle County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 33 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

10 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Mitchell between 1993 and 2020, burning about 4 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
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Debris and open burning1

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
16 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWhite River National ForestCAMP HALE
19 August 2020Naturalunder an acreWhite River National ForestCATARACT CREEK
14 August 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWhite River National ForestANGRY
8 July 2002Naturalunder an acreWhite River National ForestCHICAGO RIDGE
30 July 1995Natural3.0 acresWhite River National ForestTUNNEL
15 July 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWhite River National ForestBOW
24 June 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWhite River National Forestnot named
23 June 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionEAX ASSIST 5

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Eagle County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Mitchell: 7 producers, 6 occurrences, 6 past producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Manganese, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Breckenridge Mining DistrictGold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc, VanadiumPast Producer
El Capitan MineSilver, GoldPast Producer
UnknownLead, Zinc, SilverOccurrence
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSand and Gravel
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSand and Gravel
Elkhorn ShaftManganesePast Producer
Jennie June MineManganesePast Producer
UnknownManganesePast Producer
UnknownManganesePast Producer

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
Pando4.6 miles33
Holy Cross City (historical)8.6 miles32
Red Cliff8.7 miles21
Belden9.9 miles21
Gilman10.5 miles21
Astor City (historical)11.9 miles21
Minturn14.7 miles21
Mid Vail15.6 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 MitchellAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22058727The 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 179560. 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.