Noel, Colorado
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Telluride census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81432. It lies near Price Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Sams quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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 Montrose quadrangle1:125000
- 1911 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Sams quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1968 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
9 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Noel between 2004 and 2019, burning about 2 acres in total. 2 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 | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 3 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Telluride Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 24 July 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Telluride Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 14 July 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | NORTH POLE |
| 28 June 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 23 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 5 November 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Telluride Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 3 October 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.7 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
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 Noel: 3 occurrences, 1 past producer, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver, Uranium, Vanadium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A1 | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Bear Creek | Uranium, Vanadium | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leonard (historical) | 6.5 miles | 18 | |
| Sawpit | 8.6 miles | 14 | |
| Placerville | 9.4 miles | 18 | |
| Vanadium | 9.7 miles | 27 | |
| Lime | 10.0 miles | 27 | |
| Keystone | 10.5 miles | 27 | |
| San Miguel | 11.3 miles | 29 | |
| Vance Junction | 11.4 miles | 27 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 188555. 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.







