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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.

Noel within San Miguel County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

9 since 2004

Regional 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/undetermined4
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony2
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
4 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
3 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTelluride Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
24 July 2018Naturalunder an acreTelluride Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
14 July 2004Naturalunder an acreGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National ForestsNORTH POLE
28 June 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
23 June 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
5 November 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTelluride Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
3 October 2019Recreation and ceremony1.7 acresColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Miguel County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
A1Gold, SilverPast Producer
Bear CreekUranium, VanadiumUnknown
UnknownFire Clay (Refractory)OccurrenceSedimentary
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSedimentary

Every working recorded in San Miguel 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
Leonard (historical)6.5 miles18
Sawpit8.6 miles14
Placerville9.4 miles18
Vanadium9.7 miles27
Lime10.0 miles27
Keystone10.5 miles27
San Miguel11.3 miles29
Vance Junction11.4 miles27

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.