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Trimble, Colorado

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Durango census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81301. It lies near Kroeger Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Hermosa quadrangle. It stands 6,578 feet above sea level.

Trimble within La Plata County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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

269 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 269 fires within 5 miles of Trimble between 1992 and 2020, burning about 73,882 acres in total. 96 started naturally. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined97
Natural96
Recreation and ceremony28
Railroad operations and maintenance21
Debris and open burning14
Equipment and vehicle use8
Arson/incendiarism2
Fireworks1
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDurango Fire Rescue AuthorityN/A
8 September 2020Naturalunder an acreLa Plata CountyTRIPP GULCH
5 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDurango Fire Rescue AuthorityUNKNOWN
3 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSan Juan National ForestANIMAS OVERLOOK
26 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDurango Fire Rescue AuthorityUNKNOWN
26 September 2012Naturalunder an acreSan Juan National ForestBUCK CANYON
25 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreDurango Fire Rescue AuthorityUNKNOWN
24 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDurango Fire Rescue AuthorityUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in La Plata County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Trimble: 7 past producers, 6 occurrences, 4 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Geothermal, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Mark ThomasGold, Mercury, PlatinumOccurrenceStream Placer
Mason Milling & MiningGold, Copper, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Schafer Ranch DepositThorium, Titanium, MetalOccurrenceThorite
Tripp Gulch MineUranium, VanadiumOccurrence
UnknownVolcanic MaterialsOccurrenceAsh
Lost MineGold, SilverPast Producer1931, 1933
Schroeder TunnelGold, SilverPast Producer
Morse Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSand
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSedimentary

Every working recorded in La Plata County

Storms near this place

16 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Trimble in 16 storm reports between 2010 and 2024: 5 flash flood, 4 heavy rain, 4 debris flow, 1 lightning. 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
September 2013Flash FloodTrimble$30,000County Roads 240 and 247 were over-topped by fast moving water up to two feet deep. Considerable damage occurred to County Road 240.
September 2013HailTrimble$25,000Large hail dented vehicles, broke windows, and caused other damage.
July 2018Flash FloodTrimble$20,000A 4 to 5 foot wall of water and debris flowed down Tripp Creek Gulch and across the yards of several homes along Tripp Creek Road at about 20 mph and spread out as it crossed County Road 203. Traffic across County Road 203 was temporarily restricted to one lane before the debris was cleared. Radar estimated three quarters of an inch to over an inch of rain fell within a short period of time.
August 2010LightningTrimble$7,000Lightning from an early morning thunderstorm struck the roof of a house in the Durango Hills subdivision. Only moderate damage was reported by the resulting fire.
July 2024Debris FlowTrimble-Heavy rainfall rates from a strong thunderstorm resulted in mudslides along Highway 550 to the north of Durango, reducing traffic to one lane.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindTrimble-Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated to be between 50 and 58 mph broke the branches off of several cottonwood trees at a CoCoRaHS observer's house. Additionally, a neighbors house had one of their windows damaged due to the branches being flown around.
July 2018Debris FlowTrimble-Six inches of mud flowed across County Road 250 as a result of heavy rain with thunderstorms. 1.48 inches of rain fell in about an hour. Debris also flowed across County Road 203. As a result of all the debris, these roads were closed for almost 3 hours.
July 2018Debris FlowTrimble-A 4 to 5 foot wall of debris flowed down Tripp Creek Gulch at about 20 mph and spread out as it crossed County Road 203 and ran across the yards of several homes along Tripp Creek Road. Traffic across County Road 203 was temporarily restricted to one lane before the debris was cleared. Radar estimates three quarters of an inch to over an inch of rain fell with thunderstorms.
September 2018Debris FlowTrimble-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain across Tripp Creek and Dyke Canyon in the southern portion of the 416 Fire burn scar. This led to several inches of mud and water that flowed down County Road 203 and into Durango North Village near Trimble Lane. Local news media reported half an inch of rain fell in twenty minutes with the storms.
July 2018Heavy RainTrimble-A total of 0.25 of an inch of rain fell within 15 minutes.
July 2018Heavy RainTrimble-A small amount of mud and water was reported over County Road 203 in the vicinity of Tripp Gulch Creek. Radar estimated around a half inch of rainfall within a short period of time in that area.
July 2018Flash FloodTrimble-Heavy rainfall resulted in flowing water over a foot deep which deposited about six inches of mud across County Road 250. Additionally, a nearby irrigation ditch breached. A storm spotter in that area measured 1.48 inches of rain within about an hour.
July 2017Heavy RainTrimble-A total of 1.10 inches of rain fell within about three hours.
August 2016Heavy RainTrimble-Just south of Hermosa .52 inches of rain fell within 6 hours.
September 2013Flash FloodTrimble-The southbound lanes of Highway 550 were closed as flowing water up to three feet deep covered a 50 yard section of the roadway.
August 2011Flash FloodTrimble-A one foot wall of water rushed down Haflin Creek and across County Road 250, followed shortly by a four foot wall of water and debris. After the flood waters abated, debris consisting mostly of rocks, vegetation, and mud up to 3 feet deep covered a 150 foot stretch of County Road 250. Road crews worked well into the evening to clean the debris off the road. A canal and irrigation ditches on the west side of County Road 250 were filled up with sediment and other debris.

Every storm recorded in La Plata 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
Hermosa1.8 miles29
Rockwood7.3 miles29
Durango8.1 miles30
Tacoma9.8 miles27
Carbon Junction10.6 miles20
Grandview11.3 miles20
Piñon Acres11.3 miles20
La Plata11.5 miles19

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 TrimbleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q27988085The 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 183932. 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.