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Tarryall, Colorado

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Fairplay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80827. It lies near China Wall. The Survey maps it on the Tarryall quadrangle.

Tarryall within Park County

On record in Tarryall

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

8 surveys from 24 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

95 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 95 fires within 5 miles of Tarryall between 1992 and 2020, burning about 330 acres in total. 55 started naturally. 3 were 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
Natural55
Recreation and ceremony21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Arson/incendiarism3
Debris and open burning3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1
Other causes1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
9 September 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestLIGHTNING ALLEY
6 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestBURNS
24 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined18 acresPike and San Isabel National ForestCHINA
2 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLarimer Countynot named
17 September 2017Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestCHINA WALL 212
16 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestMARKSBURY
11 September 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestTARRYALL
8 August 1996Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestMATHADAM

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Park County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 37 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 37 workings within 5 miles of Tarryall: 18 occurrences, 14 past producers, 4 producers, 1 prospect. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Beryllium, Molybdenum, Tungsten, Uranium, Lead, Zinc, Arsenic, Iron, Copper, Tin, Uranium. 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
A & C ProspectBeryllium, Tungsten, Molybdenum, Lead, Zinc, Tin, Copper, Iron, ArsenicPast Producer1955
Badger Flats AreaBeryllium, Molybdenum, Gold, Tungsten, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Uranium, Arsenic, Iron, TinPast Producer1895, 1956
Bearcat MinesUranium, GoldPast Producer
Black Prince MineBeryllium, Molybdenum, Tungsten, Uranium, Iron, Tin, Lead, Zinc, Copper, ArsenicPast Producer1955
Blue Jay MineBeryllium, Molybdenum, Tungsten, Uranium, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Arsenic, Iron, TinOccurrence1955
Blue-Green LodesREE, Garnet, Feldspar, Quartz, Mica, BerylliumProducerBeryl, Garnet
Boomer MineBeryllium, Silver, Uranium, Molybdenum, Tungsten, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Arsenic, Iron, TinPast Producer1895, 1965
Champell MineBeryllium, Molybdenum, Tungsten, Uranium, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Tin, Arsenic, IronOccurrence1955
China Wall AreaBeryllium, Molybdenum, Tungsten, Uranium, Lead, Zinc, Arsenic, Iron, Copper, TinPast Producer1955
Happy Thought MineBeryllium, Molybdenum, Uranium, Tungsten, Lead, Zinc, Arsenic, Iron, Copper, TinOccurrence1955

Every working recorded in Park County

Storms near this place

2 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tarryall in 2 storm reports between 1993 and 2015: 1 hail, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2015FloodTarryall$15,000Eleven Mile Canyon was evacuated and closed down for several days due to floodwaters threatening to wash out a popular road. The flooding was the result of an above average winter snowpack from heavy late season rain and snow events in May.
August 1993HailTarryall-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Park 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
Platte Springs7.4 miles30
Glentivar8.5 miles18
Lake George11.6 miles30
Pike-San Isabel Village13.9 miles15
Bordenville15.3 miles19
Estabrook18.2 miles29
Hartsel18.3 miles15
Insmont18.7 miles29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 183832. 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.