Telluride, Colorado
29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Telluride census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81435. It stands on Bear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Telluride quadrangle. 2,607 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 8,750 feet above sea level.
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On record in Telluride
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 4 records
Old Bank of Telluride BuildingNational Historic Landmark · listed 1966
Fort Peabodylisted 2005
Lewis Milllisted 2009
Smuggler-Union Hydroelectric Power Plantlisted 1979
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 29 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.
- 1897 USGS Telluride quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Telluride quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Telluride quadrangle1:24000, 8 printings
- 1955 USGS Telluride quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1961 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Silverton quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
30 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Telluride between 1994 and 2020, burning about 220 acres in total. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 2001 | Smoking | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | BLUE LAKE |
| 12 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | MOUNTAIN VILLAGE |
| 10 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Telluride Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 4 August 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Telluride Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 24 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | PROSPECT BASIN |
| 24 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | LIFT 6 |
| 5 July 2003 | Fireworks | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | BEAR CREEK |
| 4 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 173 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 173 workings within 5 miles of Telluride: 131 past producers, 31 unknowns, 5 producers, 5 occurrences. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Lead, Lead, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alta Mine | Gold, Lead, Copper, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Andrus Mine | Gold, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite | |
| Animas Aggregates | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Atlanta Tunnel | Gold, Lead, Thorium, Zinc, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Black Bear | Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Black Hawk Tunnel | Gold, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Black Jack Lode, Ruth | Silver, Molybdenum | Occurrence | Molybdenite | |
| Carbonero Mine | Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Silver | Producer | Sphalerite | |
| Columbia Tun | Gold, Lead, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Court House-Dynamo | Gold, Copper, Silver | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
17 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Telluride in 17 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 6 debris flow, 4 flash flood, 3 wildfire, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2001 | Flash Flood | Telluride | $400,000 | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Flash Flood | Telluride | $20,000 | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Flash Flood | Telluride | $4,000 | no account filed |
| August 2022 | Debris Flow | Telluride | $1,000 | Several mudslides occurred on Black Bear Pass and the nearby Bridal Veil Road and Bridal Veil Trail as a result of heavy rain from thunderstorms. An abundance of boulders and mud accumulated on the pass. Water flowed down from the peak and across the road below. Eight vehicles and fifteen occupants were stranded as a result of the debris flows. The pass and roads remained closed for several days for cleanup operations. |
| August 2024 | Debris Flow | Telluride | - | Steady heavy rains during the evening of August 11th resulted in multiple mudslides and flooding overnight in east Telluride, Bridal Veil Falls Area and Tomboy Road. This resulted in closures of several nearby passes including from the East Spur at the Town of Telluride entrance east to Black Bear, Black Bear Pass itself, Tomboy Road and Imogene Pass. Time of event was based on radar estimate. |
| July 2021 | Debris Flow | Telluride | - | San Miguel Sheriff's Office reported mudslides near Bridal Veil Falls going across the road as a result of heavy rains. |
| June 2020 | Debris Flow | Telluride | - | Debris left over from the 2019 avalanches became dislodged by heavy rain in the Marshall Creek Basin. A large amount of trees, wood, and other debris from old mining structures travelled down the drainage until it reached the culvert near CR K-69, near the Idarado mine. The water and debris overwhelmed the drainage and began flowing across the roadway. The downstream portion of the roadway began to scour with water and eroded the embankment along the southern shoulder. The road was closed for a few hours. |
| July 2020 | Debris Flow | Telluride | - | A mudslide that measured 35 feet wide and was 3 to 5 feet deep occurred around midday and blocked Bridal Veil Road. More than 40 people were temporarily stranded while county road crews created a temporary passage. Additionally, boulders the size of small refrigerators were seen tumbling down. Radar estimates showed one hour rain rates of up to half an inch. |
| July 2019 | Debris Flow | Telluride | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain southeast of Telluride which resulted in some debris flow at Bridal Veil Road. At least four feet of water was running across the road which caused it to be completely washed away where it crossed Ingram Falls. Additionally, several inches of rock was displaced across the area. Radar estimated rainfall rates of 0.50 to 0.75 inches per hour. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Telluride | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Wildfire | Telluride | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Wildfire | Telluride | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Wildfire | Telluride | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Flash Flood | Telluride | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Flood | Telluride | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Flood | Telluride | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Telluride | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Bell | 0.9 miles | 29 | |
| San Miguel | 1.4 miles | 29 | |
| Pandora | 1.4 miles | 29 | |
| Mountain Village | 2.4 miles | 29 | |
| Tomboy (historical) | 3.1 miles | 29 | |
| Keystone | 3.6 miles | 27 | |
| Alta (historical) | 4.1 miles | 29 | |
| Ilium | 4.6 miles | 27 |
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 Telluride | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1641728 | The 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 204747. 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.










