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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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Telluride within San Miguel County

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 29 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

30 since 1994

Regional 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/undetermined13
Natural5
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking3
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Fireworks1

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 2001Smokingunder an acreGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National ForestsBLUE LAKE
12 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersMOUNTAIN VILLAGE
10 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTelluride Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
4 August 2017Naturalunder an acreTelluride Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
24 August 2007Naturalunder an acreGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National ForestsPROSPECT BASIN
24 August 2007Naturalunder an acreGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National ForestsLIFT 6
5 July 2003Fireworksunder an acreGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National ForestsBEAR CREEK
4 July 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Miguel County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 173 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Alta MineGold, Lead, Copper, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Andrus MineGold, Copper, Zinc, Lead, SilverPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Animas AggregatesSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Atlanta TunnelGold, Lead, Thorium, Zinc, CopperPast Producer
Black BearLead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, SilverPast Producer
Black Hawk TunnelGold, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Black Jack Lode, RuthSilver, MolybdenumOccurrenceMolybdenite
Carbonero MineLead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, SilverProducerSphalerite
Columbia TunGold, Lead, Copper, SilverPast Producer
Court House-DynamoGold, Copper, SilverPast Producer

Every working recorded in San Miguel County

Storms near this place

17 since 1996

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2001Flash FloodTelluride$400,000no account filed
August 2003Flash FloodTelluride$20,000no account filed
July 1996Flash FloodTelluride$4,000no account filed
August 2022Debris FlowTelluride$1,000Several 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 2024Debris FlowTelluride-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 2021Debris FlowTelluride-San Miguel Sheriff's Office reported mudslides near Bridal Veil Falls going across the road as a result of heavy rains.
June 2020Debris FlowTelluride-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 2020Debris FlowTelluride-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 2019Debris FlowTelluride-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 2005Thunderstorm WindTelluride-no account filed
July 2003WildfireTelluride-no account filed
June 2002WildfireTelluride-no account filed
July 2002WildfireTelluride-no account filed
July 2002Flash FloodTelluride-no account filed
August 2001FloodTelluride-no account filed
August 2001FloodTelluride-no account filed
July 2000HailTelluride-no account filed

Every storm recorded in San Miguel 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
Liberty Bell0.9 miles29
San Miguel1.4 miles29
Pandora1.4 miles29
Mountain Village2.4 miles29
Tomboy (historical)3.1 miles29
Keystone3.6 miles27
Alta (historical)4.1 miles29
Ilium4.6 miles27

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 TellurideAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1641728The 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.