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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.

State Bridge within Eagle County

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

42 since 1993

Regional 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
Natural29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Recreation and ceremony3
Debris and open burning2
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
8 September 1994Natural3.0 acresWhite River National ForestCRAZY HORSE
5 September 2013Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, CraigELK CREEK
23 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersWOLCOTT DIVIDE
15 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
6 August 2000Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionCONGOR
29 August 2005Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionEAGLE ASSIST 6
28 August 2013Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionWATER WHEEL
25 August 1997Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, CraigYARMONY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Eagle County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Eagle RiverGoldOccurrencePlacer
Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mount SandersPumicePast Producer
Mount SaundersStone, DimensionOccurrenceScoria
QuarryStoneProducer
Rock Hat ClaimUraniumUnknown
Rio Grande & Copper QueenCopperOccurrenceChalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Malachite
Rio Grande & Copper QueenCopperPast 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Bond2.3 miles12
Copper Spur4.2 miles11
McCoy5.7 miles11
Sheephorn10.0 miles19
Wolcott10.8 miles14
Dell11.1 miles10
Burns12.5 miles12
Derby Junction13.6 miles12

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.