Sheephorn, Colorado

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1933 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Eagle-Gypsum census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80423. The Survey maps it on the Sheephorn Mountain quadrangle.

Sheephorn within Eagle County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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.

1933 USGS Mount Powell quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1933 USGS Mt. Powell quadrangle1:48000
1940 USGS Mount Powell quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1940 USGS Mt. Powell quadrangle1:62500
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
1980 USGS Sheephorn Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1980 USGS Vail quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

14 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Sheephorn between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,124 acres in total. 7 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
Natural	7
Recreation and ceremony	5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2

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
8 September 1999	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	White River National Forest	NORTH FORK
15 September 1998	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	White River National Forest	LONE LAKE
28 August 2006	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	White River National Forest	SHEEPHORN CREEK
26 August 2013	Natural	under an acre	Northwest District, Craig	SPRUCE CREEK
1 August 2003	Natural	1.0 acres	White River National Forest	SPRUCE CREEK
9 July 1994	Natural	30 acres	White River National Forest	SHEEPHORN
21 July 2001	Natural	under an acre	Northwest District, Grand Junction	RED CANYON
20 July 2020	Natural	27 acres	Kremmling Field Office	DICE HILL

Every fire recorded in Eagle County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Sheephorn: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica. 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
	No Name Mine	Mica	Past Producer

Every working 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
State Bridge	10.0 miles	12
Bond	11.7 miles	12
Copper Spur	11.8 miles	11
McCoy	13.8 miles	11
Wolcott	17.2 miles	14
Vail	18.1 miles	21
Avon	18.2 miles	16
West Vail	18.3 miles	19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 175627. 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.