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Snowmass, Colorado

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Snowmass Village census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81654. It stands on Snowmass Creek. The Survey maps it on the Woody Creek quadrangle. It stands 6,847 feet above sea level.

Snowmass within Pitkin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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.

Fires near this place

54 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Snowmass between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,230 acres in total. 32 started naturally. 1 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
Natural32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Debris and open burning2
Arson/incendiarism1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
5 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresNorthwest District, Grand JunctionEAGLE CO 11
3 September 1995Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionARBNEY HIL
27 September 2018Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreBasalt & Rural Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
26 September 2008Naturalunder an acreWhite River National ForestTAYLOR RIDGE
19 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBasalt & Rural Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
17 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBasalt & Rural Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
1 September 2011Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionWOODY CREEK
5 August 2009Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionSNOWMASS CANYON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pitkin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Snowmass: 6 past producers, 4 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Pumice. 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
Homeward BoundStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSand and Gravel
UnknownPumicePast Producer
Big BuckManganesePast Producer
Big Buck MineManganeseOccurrenceVein
Bionaz GroupManganesePast Producer
Bionaz GroupManganesePast ProducerVein
Panco Manganese DepositManganeseOccurrenceBraunite
Panco Manganese DepositManganeseOccurrence
Panco Manganese DepositsManganesePast Producer

Every working recorded in Pitkin County

Storms near this place

22 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Snowmass in 22 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 8 flash flood, 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 flood, 2 hail. The reports record 1 death. 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
May 2023FloodSnowmass1 killedThe Roaring Fork River ran high and fast as a result of accelerated snowmelt. Rescuers were unable to resuscitate a person they recovered from the river near the Lazy Glen subdivision after strong, runoff-fueled currents carried the victim downstream roughly 1 1/2 to 2 miles. It did not appear the person had been in a water vessel like a boat or raft. The incident had the makings of someone falling into the river from its banks, but that wasnt a certainty. Age and gender of victim is unknown.
July 2006Flash FloodSnowmass$40,000no account filed
June 2011FloodSnowmass$10,000Area creeks across Pitkin County responded to rapid snowmelt and ran at elevated levels through much of June. Areas adjacent to the Crystal river were impacted through the middle part of the month when flood advisories were in effect for near bankfull conditions. The river also briefly spiked above flood stage on June 6th near Redstone. Low land flooding was reported along the Crystal river with water and debris reaching the bottom of several bridges between Restone and Carbondale.
September 1997Flash FloodSnowmass$3,000no account filed
August 2017Heavy RainSnowmass$2,000A series of strong thunderstorms produced torrential rainfall in the Elk Run subdivision which resulted in water that flowed into several homes. A home on Red Tail Court took the brunt of water flowing off the hillside and had two feet of water in the lower level. Some of the streets in Elk Run were coated with as much as 6 inches of mud. Radar estimated 1 to 1.5 inches of rain fell throughout the day.
May 2023FloodSnowmass$1,000Warm temperatures increased snowmelt and caused flooding on the lower Prince Creek trails, which ran along Prince Creek. High water submerged bridges and led to damage on the trails.
July 2022Debris FlowSnowmass$500A debris flow several inches thick of mud and rocks occurred on portions of the Rio Grande Trail in Pitkin County as a result of heavy rain from thunderstorms.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindSnowmass-The Colorado Department of Transportation mesonet site 082w023 Basalt-Holland Hills recorded a wind gust to 75 mph at 1:58 PM MDT. This gust was associated with ongoing afternoon thunderstorms over the adjacent higher terrain. No reports of injuries, damages, or fatalities were received.
August 2025Debris FlowSnowmass-As of approximately 10:10 AM MDT, two rock slides were reported to have occurred on Highway 82 in Snowmass Canyon. No road closures were reported, and no damages occurred. Road did have to be cleared. No injuries or fatalities were reported.
February 2022Flash FloodSnowmass-Law Enforcement in Pitkin County reported an Ice Jam that was breaking up along the Roaring Fork River with large debris and chunks of ice flow downstream.
January 2022Flash FloodSnowmass-Emergency Manager in Pitkin County reported an Ice Jam that was breaking up along the Roaring Fork River with large debris and chunks of ice flow downstream.
March 2022Flash FloodSnowmass-The Roaring Fork Conservancy in Pitkin County reported an Ice Jam that was breaking up along the Roaring Fork River with large debris and chunks of ice flow downstream.
December 2021Flash FloodSnowmass-Emergency Manager in Pitkin County reported an Ice Jam that was breaking up along the Roaring Fork River with large debris and chunks of ice flow downstream.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindSnowmass-Wind gusts estimated to be in the 60 to 65 mph range knocked over a large tree which blocked traffic in both directions on Emma Road near Mile Marker 3 on Colorado Highway 82.
January 2019Flash FloodSnowmass-Emergency Manager in Pitkin County reported an Ice Jam that was breaking up along the Roaring Fork River with large debris and chunks of ice flow downstream. River gauges along the Roaring Fork River showed sudden rises from less than 1 foot to 1.5 feet and CFS increases from 7.33 CFS to near 45 CFS around midday on January 3rd and again on January 4th.
July 2019Flash FloodSnowmass-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain south of Carbondale which resulted in some minor flash flooding along the Prince Creek Trail System. Radar estimated rainfall rates of 0.25 to 0.50 inches per hour.
July 2011Heavy RainSnowmass-Ranfall of 0.70 of an inch fell within 60 minutes and resulted in minor flooding.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindSnowmass-no account filed
May 2006Thunderstorm WindSnowmass-no account filed
May 2006Thunderstorm WindSnowmass-no account filed
July 2006HailSnowmass-no account filed
August 2000HailSnowmass-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pitkin 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
Wingo1.6 miles14
Emma4.6 miles14
Woody Creek6.8 miles19
Snowmass Village8.6 miles25
Aspen13.2 miles26
Lenado13.4 miles26
Meredith13.7 miles18
Thomasville15.2 miles18

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 SnowmassAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3475865The 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 179690. 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.