City of Ouray, Colorado

E691921

city municipality

The City of Ouray, Colorado is a small historic mountain town in the San Juan Mountains known for its Victorian architecture, hot springs, and ice climbing park.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Ouray, Colorado	10
City of Ouray	1
City of Ouray, Colorado canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7441637 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: City of Ouray, Colorado
Context triple: [Ouray County, Colorado, contains, City of Ouray, Colorado]

A. Colorado City
Colorado City is the former name of what is now Yuma, Arizona, a city in the southwestern United States near the Colorado River and the Mexican border.
B. Grand Junction, Colorado
Grand Junction, Colorado is a city in western Colorado known as a regional hub for agriculture, energy, and outdoor recreation in the Grand Valley near the Colorado National Monument.
C. Leadville, Colorado
Leadville, Colorado is a historic high-altitude former silver-mining town in the Rocky Mountains, known as one of the highest incorporated cities in the United States.
D. Colorado City, Colorado
Colorado City, Colorado is a small unincorporated community and census-designated place in southern Colorado located along Interstate 25 at the base of the Greenhorn Mountains.
E. Moffat, Colorado
Moffat, Colorado is a small rural town in south-central Colorado known for its agricultural surroundings and proximity to the San Luis Valley.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: City of Ouray, Colorado
Target entity description: The City of Ouray, Colorado is a small historic mountain town in the San Juan Mountains known for its Victorian architecture, hot springs, and ice climbing park.

A. Colorado City
Colorado City is the former name of what is now Yuma, Arizona, a city in the southwestern United States near the Colorado River and the Mexican border.
B. Grand Junction, Colorado
Grand Junction, Colorado is a city in western Colorado known as a regional hub for agriculture, energy, and outdoor recreation in the Grand Valley near the Colorado National Monument.
C. Leadville, Colorado
Leadville, Colorado is a historic high-altitude former silver-mining town in the Rocky Mountains, known as one of the highest incorporated cities in the United States.
D. Colorado City, Colorado
Colorado City, Colorado is a small unincorporated community and census-designated place in southern Colorado located along Interstate 25 at the base of the Greenhorn Mountains.
E. Moffat, Colorado
Moffat, Colorado is a small rural town in south-central Colorado known for its agricultural surroundings and proximity to the San Luis Valley.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ municipality ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Victorian ⓘ
areaCode	970 ⓘ
climate	humid continental climate ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
county	Ouray County ⓘ linked to: Ouray County, Colorado
currentPrimaryIndustry	tourism ⓘ
elevation	approximately 2375 meters ⓘ approximately 7792 feet ⓘ
founded	1876 ⓘ
governingBody	Ouray City Council ⓘ
hasAttraction	Box Canyon Falls Park ⓘ Ouray Hot Springs Pool ⓘ linked to: Ouray Hot Springs Ouray Ice Park ⓘ Perimeter Trail ⓘ historic Main Street ⓘ
historicalBasis	mining town ⓘ
incorporated	1876 ⓘ
incorporatedAs	statutory city ⓘ
isCountySeatOf	Ouray County, Colorado ⓘ
knownFor	Ouray Ice Park ⓘ Victorian architecture ⓘ historic downtown ⓘ hot springs ⓘ ice climbing ⓘ jeeping and off-road trails ⓘ waterfalls ⓘ
locatedIn	Rocky Mountains ⓘ San Juan Mountains ⓘ
namedAfter	Ouray County ⓘ linked to: Ouray County, Colorado
nearestMajorCity	Montrose, Colorado ⓘ
nickname	Switzerland of America ⓘ
partOf	San Juan Skyway Scenic Byway ⓘ
population	approximately 1000 residents ⓘ
postalCode	81427 ⓘ
primaryHistoricIndustry	gold mining ⓘ silver mining ⓘ
recreation	hiking ⓘ ice climbing ⓘ mountain biking ⓘ off-road driving ⓘ
region	Southwestern Colorado ⓘ linked to: southwestern Colorado
state	Colorado ⓘ
timeZone	Mountain Time Zone ⓘ
touristSeason	summer ⓘ winter ⓘ
transportationRoute	U.S. Route 550 NERFINISHED ⓘ

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