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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 33 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.
- 1889 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1942 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:125000
- 1949 USGS Holy Cross quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1951 USGS Holy Cross quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Pando quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1983 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
35 since 1993Regional 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 ceremony | 22 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | White River National Forest | CLUTTER GARDEN |
| 23 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | White River National Forest | FOWLER HILIARD HUT |
| 19 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | White River National Forest | MERIDIAN |
| 12 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | White River National Forest | HOMESTAKE |
| 12 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | White River National Forest | C.P. |
| 8 August 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | White River National Forest | ROADHOUSE |
| 8 August 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | White River National Forest | HOMESTAKE 27 |
| 27 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | White River National Forest | HOMESTAKE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 22 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breckenridge Mining District | Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Vanadium | Past Producer | ||
| Eagle | Zinc, Copper, Lead | Producer | Bornite, Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Lead, Tetrahedrite | |
| Golden Wedge | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Homestake Creek | Pumice | Past Producer | ||
| Liberty | Lead, Zinc, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Little Spring | Uranium, Vanadium | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Kyanite | Occurrence | Sillimanite | |
| Iron Dyke | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Sand and Gravel | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Sand and Gravel |
Storms near this place
1 since 2021Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2021 | Flash Flood | Pando | $100,000 | The 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. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Cliff | 4.2 miles | 21 | |
| Mitchell | 4.6 miles | 33 | |
| Belden | 5.5 miles | 21 | |
| Gilman | 6.1 miles | 21 | |
| Astor City (historical) | 7.5 miles | 21 | |
| Holy Cross City (historical) | 8.2 miles | 32 | |
| Minturn | 10.3 miles | 21 | |
| Mid Vail | 11.0 miles | 21 |
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 Pando | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27995427 | 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 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.











