Mountain Village, Colorado
29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Telluride census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81435. It stands on Eider Creek. The Survey maps it on the Telluride quadrangle. 1,264 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 9,547 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresMountain Village fell from 1,320 to 1,264 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 | 1,320 | |
| 2020 | 1,264 | -56 (-4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 29 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.
- 1897 USGS Telluride quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Telluride quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Telluride quadrangle1:24000, 8 printings
- 1955 USGS Telluride quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1961 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Silverton quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
35 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Mountain Village between 1994 and 2020, burning about 226 acres in total. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | MOUNTAIN VILLAGE |
| 10 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Telluride Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 4 August 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Telluride Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 27 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Telluride Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 24 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | PROSPECT BASIN |
| 24 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | LIFT 6 |
| 23 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Telluride Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 5 July 2003 | Fireworks | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | BEAR CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 117 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 117 workings within 5 miles of Mountain Village: 75 past producers, 32 unknowns, 7 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Lead, Silver, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alta Mine | Gold, Lead, Copper, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Animas Aggregates | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Black Hawk Tunnel | Gold, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Blue Bird Mine | Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | 1977 | |
| Bradley Mine | Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Carbonero Mine | Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Silver | Producer | Sphalerite | |
| Croziers Claims | Lead, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Deep Creek Mine | Calcium, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Deep Creek Placer | Limestone, General | Past Producer | 1968, 1975 | |
| Liberty Bell Mill | Gold, Iron, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Miguel | 1.5 miles | 29 | |
| Keystone | 1.7 miles | 27 | |
| Ilium | 2.2 miles | 27 | |
| Vance Junction | 2.3 miles | 27 | |
| Telluride | 2.4 miles | 29 | |
| Alta (historical) | 3.1 miles | 29 | |
| Liberty Bell | 3.2 miles | 29 | |
| Pandora | 3.8 miles | 29 |
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 Mountain Village | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2275184 | 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 1744606. 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.










