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GR-DOSSIER-08079

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Resilience Dossier

Mineral CountyColorado · CO

/ 100fair

Composite scale0 ─ 100

CriticalExcellent

State rank

#20CO

National rank

#1,949/ 3,436

Population

8630.4/km²

FIPS 08079│AREA 2,268 km²│LAT 37.5491 · LON -107.0032

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Geospatial

37.55°N, 107.00°W

Target ▸ Mineral County

N│Mapbox dark-v11

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Analyst Brief

Voice ▸ Stratfor

▌Mineral County is a county in Colorado, with a population of 863, covering 2,268 square kilometers. Population density is 0.4 people per square kilometer. On the Scout composite resilience index, Mineral County scores 52 out of 100, ranked #20 in CO and #1,949 of 3,436 regions. The five-year average temperature anomaly versus the 20th-century baseline is 2.5 degrees Fahrenheit. Counties above 2.6 degrees fall inside the climate tipping-point band. The FEMA National Risk Index composite hazard score is 2 out of 100. Annual precipitation averages 27.9 inches. Net IRS migration in the most recent tax year was +0.0 per 1,000 residents. USDA classifies the county as Rural-Urban Continuum Code 9 (1 = metropolitan core, 9 = completely rural).

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Assessment Matrix

6 Dimensions

D-0165

Climate Stability

Natural hazard exposure, temperature anomaly vs. 20th-century baseline, drought, wildfire, and flood risk.

D-0219

Water & Food

Groundwater reliability, precipitation normals, growing season length, and cropland availability.

D-0373

Social Stability

Net migration, social vulnerability, and crime rates.

D-0478

Infrastructure

Solar energy potential, off-grid power viability, and proximity to nuclear facilities.

D-0526

Self-Sufficiency

Rural-urban classification, agricultural diversity, and land availability.

D-0657

Affordability

Median home value and rental costs relative to the national range. Lower cost counties score higher.

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Source Telemetry

14 Inputs

S-01Climate

FEMA NRI hazard score

1.53 /100

Temperature anomaly

2.47 °F

S-02Water

Annual precipitation

27.9 in

Soil saturation depth

2.0 ft

Growing season

51 days

S-03Social

Net migration

+0.0 /1k

Social vulnerability

0.056 /1

Crime index

9.1 /100

S-04Infrastructure

Solar irradiance

5.2 kWh/m²/d

Distance to nuclear facility

437.5 mi

S-05Self-Sufficiency

Cropland share

1.1 %

Rural-urban code

9 /9

S-06Affordability

Median home value

$379,000

Median rent

$824 /mo

Inputs marked “— —” are pending pipeline integration and currently use neutral defaults in the composite. They do not skew rankings.

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Cross-Reference

REF-A

Mineral County on the Scout map

See this county in spatial context. Compare with neighbors. Tune the composite weights to your priorities.

REF-B

Top counties in Colorado

State rollup ranking the highest- and lowest-scoring counties for resilience by composite Scout score.

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Citations

Full methodology ▸

FEMA-NRIFEMA National Risk Index, county composite hazard score
NOAA-TMPNOAA nClimDiv county temperature anomaly, 2020-2024 vs. 1901-2000 baseline
NOAA-PCPNOAA county precipitation normals, 1991-2020
IRS-MIGIRS county-to-county migration, tax year 2021-2022
CDC-SVICDC Social Vulnerability Index, 2022 release (RPL_THEMES)
USDA-RUCCUSDA Economic Research Service Rural-Urban Continuum Codes, 2023
NASA-PWRNASA POWER climatology, annual global horizontal irradiance (kWh/m²/day)
USDA-NASSUSDA NASS Census of Agriculture 2022, county cropland and total land area
USDA-SDMUSDA NRCS Soil Data Mart, average seasonal soil saturation depth (cm)
ACS-2022U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates 2022, median home value and gross rent