Abbeyville, Colorado
Ghost town in Gunnison County, Colorado, United States
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Abbeyville is an extinct community located in Gunnison County, Colorado, United States.
Abbeyville, Colorado | |
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  Abbeyville Location of Abbeyville, Colorado.  Abbeyville Abbeyville (Colorado) | |
| Coordinates: 38.7775°N 106.4922°W[1] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Colorado |
| County | Gunnison[2] |
| Government | |
| • Body | Gunnison County[2] |
| Elevation | 9,932 ft (3,027 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
| GNIS pop ID | 189092 |
History
Abbeyville was a mining camp near the Gold Cup Mine,[3] which was discovered around 1880. Named for C. F. Abbey, the camp grew around a smelter which was built on the site in 1881.[4][5] The Abbeyville post office operated from November 20, 1882, until December 3, 1884.[6][7] By 1887, S.S. Sutton was the only inhabitant of Abbeyville.[8] There are a few remains of Abbeyville, possibly of the smelter.
Geography
Abbeyville was located at 38.7775°N 106.4922°W at an elevation of 9,932 feet (3,027 m).[9]
Climate
According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Abbeyville has a subarctic climate, abbreviated "Dfc" on climate maps. The hottest temperature recorded in was 86 °F (30.0 °C) on July 15, 1942, while the coldest temperature recorded was −60 °F (−51.1 °C) on February 1, 1985. The closest weather station is at the nearby Taylor Park Reservoir, which is where the climate data comes from.[10]
| Climate data for Taylor Park, Colorado, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1940–present | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 54 (12) |
51 (11) |
61 (16) |
67 (19) |
79 (26) |
85 (29) |
86 (30) |
84 (29) |
79 (26) |
75 (24) |
65 (18) |
57 (14) |
86 (30) |
| Mean maximum °F (°C) | 40.2 (4.6) |
44.0 (6.7) |
51.3 (10.7) |
59.2 (15.1) |
69.2 (20.7) |
77.2 (25.1) |
79.1 (26.2) |
76.4 (24.7) |
73.3 (22.9) |
65.4 (18.6) |
53.4 (11.9) |
41.6 (5.3) |
79.7 (26.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 28.5 (−1.9) |
32.9 (0.5) |
40.5 (4.7) |
47.1 (8.4) |
57.6 (14.2) |
68.9 (20.5) |
72.4 (22.4) |
69.8 (21.0) |
64.4 (18.0) |
53.5 (11.9) |
39.6 (4.2) |
27.6 (−2.4) |
50.2 (10.1) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 10.4 (−12.0) |
13.9 (−10.1) |
22.4 (−5.3) |
32.5 (0.3) |
43.1 (6.2) |
52.3 (11.3) |
57.2 (14.0) |
55.5 (13.1) |
49.3 (9.6) |
39.3 (4.1) |
26.2 (−3.2) |
12.0 (−11.1) |
34.5 (1.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | −7.8 (−22.1) |
−5.0 (−20.6) |
4.3 (−15.4) |
18.0 (−7.8) |
28.6 (−1.9) |
35.7 (2.1) |
42.0 (5.6) |
41.2 (5.1) |
34.3 (1.3) |
25.2 (−3.8) |
12.8 (−10.7) |
−3.5 (−19.7) |
18.8 (−7.3) |
| Mean minimum °F (°C) | −31.7 (−35.4) |
−30.1 (−34.5) |
−22.8 (−30.4) |
−1.5 (−18.6) |
16.5 (−8.6) |
27.9 (−2.3) |
34.7 (1.5) |
33.9 (1.1) |
24.8 (−4.0) |
10.7 (−11.8) |
−7.7 (−22.1) |
−28.9 (−33.8) |
−35.7 (−37.6) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −56 (−49) |
−60 (−51) |
−42 (−41) |
−29 (−34) |
−5 (−21) |
15 (−9) |
30 (−1) |
17 (−8) |
4 (−16) |
−7 (−22) |
−30 (−34) |
−49 (−45) |
−60 (−51) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 1.69 (43) |
1.55 (39) |
1.32 (34) |
1.64 (42) |
1.53 (39) |
0.87 (22) |
1.95 (50) |
2.18 (55) |
1.63 (41) |
1.39 (35) |
1.36 (35) |
1.69 (43) |
18.80 (478) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 25.4 (65) |
19.4 (49) |
21.2 (54) |
12.0 (30) |
2.9 (7.4) |
0.2 (0.51) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.3 (0.76) |
3.8 (9.7) |
14.6 (37) |
22.9 (58) |
122.7 (311.37) |
| Average extreme snow depth inches (cm) | 28.9 (73) |
31.2 (79) |
22.4 (57) |
3.3 (8.4) |
1.2 (3.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.3 (0.76) |
3.2 (8.1) |
5.6 (14) |
19.8 (50) |
34.3 (87) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 8.0 | 8.7 | 7.8 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 5.6 | 11.6 | 12.1 | 8.2 | 7.3 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 101.2 |
| Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) | 8.2 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 4.5 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 5.4 | 7.7 | 43.9 |
| Source 1: NOAA[11] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: National Weather Service (snow/snow days 1940-2022, snow depth 2008-2022)[10] | |||||||||||||
