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Pando, 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 McAllister Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Pando quadrangle. It stands 9,203 feet above sea level.

Pando 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

35 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Pando between 1993 and 2018, burning about 5 acres in total. 5 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
Recreation and ceremony22
Natural5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Debris and open burning1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWhite River National ForestCLUTTER GARDEN
23 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWhite River National ForestFOWLER HILIARD HUT
19 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWhite River National ForestMERIDIAN
12 September 2018Naturalunder an acreWhite River National ForestHOMESTAKE
12 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWhite River National ForestC.P.
8 August 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWhite River National ForestROADHOUSE
8 August 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWhite River National ForestHOMESTAKE 27
27 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWhite River National ForestHOMESTAKE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Eagle County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Pando: 13 past producers, 5 producers, 4 occurrences. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Breckenridge Mining DistrictGold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc, VanadiumPast Producer
EagleZinc, Copper, LeadProducerBornite, Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Lead, Tetrahedrite
Golden WedgeLead, ZincPast Producer
Homestake CreekPumicePast Producer
LibertyLead, Zinc, SilverOccurrence
Little SpringUranium, VanadiumPast Producer
UnknownKyaniteOccurrenceSillimanite
Iron DykeLeadPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSand and Gravel
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSand and Gravel

Every working recorded in Eagle County

Storms near this place

1 since 2021

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pando in 1 storm report in 2021: 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2021Flash FloodPando$100,000The White River National Forest reported Homestake Road was closed just past the turn-out to Gold Park Campground. The road washed out due to flash flooding where it crossed French Creek. The road remained closed before reopening the day afternoon.

Every storm 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
Red Cliff4.2 miles21
Mitchell4.6 miles33
Belden5.5 miles21
Gilman6.1 miles21
Astor City (historical)7.5 miles21
Holy Cross City (historical)8.2 miles32
Minturn10.3 miles21
Mid Vail11.0 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 PandoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q27995427The 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 179547. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.