Bond is an unincorporated community and U.S. Post Office in Eagle County, Colorado, United States. The Bond Post Office has the ZIP Code 80423.[1] Although Bond has never had a sizable population, the town has significant railroad history, and once was a stop for most of the passenger trains along the Denver and Rio Grande Western's main line, where it was known as Orestod (Dotsero spelled backward), as the opposite end of the Dotsero Cutoff.
Bond, Colorado | |
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 Entering Bond from the south | |
  Bond Location within the state of Colorado  Bond Bond (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 39°52′27″N 106°41′15″W / 39.87417°N 106.68750°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  State of Colorado |
| County | Eagle County |
| Elevation | 6,600 ft (2,012 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 183 |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
| ZIP Code | 80423[1] |
Geography
editBond is located at 39°52′27″N 106°41′15″W / 39.87417°N 106.68750°W (39.874175,-106.687374),[2] 133 miles (214 kilometers) west of Denver at an elevation of 6,600 feet (2,000 meters). It is located on the Colorado River, and is at the southern terminus of the Colorado River Headwaters National Scenic Byway.[3]
Railroad
editBond was originally served by the never finished Denver and Salt Lake Railroad as a midpoint to the railroad's eventual terminus in Craig, Colorado. Bond was the closest point of the rail line to the nearest through line, the Denver and Rio Grande Western's (D&RGW) line which passed through Dotsero about 40 miles (64 km) downstream. After the D&RGW purchased the rights to connect the two lines, with the intent of having a more direct connection to Denver, Bond became the north end of the Dotsero Cutoff of the D&RGW's main line, with the tracks from Bond to Craig becoming a spur line.[4] Bond remained a stop on the Denver and Rio Grande Western's passenger trains until their last train, the Rio Grande Zephyr was discontinued in 1983.
Climate
editThis climate type is dominated by the winter season, a long, bitterly cold period with short, clear days, relatively little precipitation mostly in the form of snow, and low humidity. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Bond has a subarctic climate, abbreviated "Dfc" on climate maps.[5]
| Climate data for Bond, Colorado | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −3 (27) |
0 (32) |
6 (43) |
13 (55) |
18 (65) |
25 (77) |
28 (82) |
27 (81) |
23 (73) |
16 (61) |
7 (44) |
−1 (30) |
13 (56) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −18 (0) |
−16 (3) |
−9 (16) |
−4 (25) |
1 (33) |
5 (41) |
8 (47) |
8 (47) |
4 (39) |
−2 (28) |
−8 (18) |
−15 (5) |
−4 (25) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 23 (0.9) |
18 (0.7) |
13 (0.5) |
13 (0.5) |
15 (0.6) |
15 (0.6) |
30 (1.2) |
33 (1.3) |
20 (0.8) |
20 (0.8) |
15 (0.6) |
20 (0.8) |
240 (9.3) |
| Source: Weatherbase [6] | |||||||||||||
See also
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References
edit- ^ a b "ZIP Code Lookup". United States Postal Service. December 15, 2006. Archived from the original (JavaScript/HTML) on September 3, 2007. Retrieved December 15, 2006.
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
- ^ Bond
- ^ "Building the Dotsero Cutoff". ND Holmes. December 16, 2015. Retrieved March 18, 2016.
- ^ Climate Summary for Bond, Colorado
- ^ "Weatherbase.com". Weatherbase. 2013. Retrieved on October 2, 2013.
External links
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