State Bridge, Colorado
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Eagle-Gypsum census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80423. It stands on Goodson Creek. The Survey maps it on the State Bridge quadrangle.
On record in State Bridge
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
State Bridgelisted 1985
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 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
- 1972 USGS State Bridge quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1980 USGS Vail quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
42 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of State Bridge between 1993 and 2018, burning about 69 acres in total. 29 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 | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1994 | Natural | 3.0 acres | White River National Forest | CRAZY HORSE |
| 5 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Craig | ELK CREEK |
| 23 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | WOLCOTT DIVIDE |
| 15 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 6 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | CONGOR |
| 29 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | EAGLE ASSIST 6 |
| 28 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | WATER WHEEL |
| 25 August 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Craig | YARMONY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of State Bridge: 3 occurrences, 2 producers, 2 past producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle River | Gold | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Mount Sanders | Pumice | Past Producer | ||
| Mount Saunders | Stone, Dimension | Occurrence | Scoria | |
| Quarry | Stone | Producer | ||
| Rock Hat Claim | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Rio Grande & Copper Queen | Copper | Occurrence | Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Malachite | |
| Rio Grande & Copper Queen | Copper | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bond | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| Copper Spur | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| McCoy | 5.7 miles | 11 | |
| Sheephorn | 10.0 miles | 19 | |
| Wolcott | 10.8 miles | 14 | |
| Dell | 11.1 miles | 10 | |
| Burns | 12.5 miles | 12 | |
| Derby Junction | 13.6 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 175808. 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.






