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Broomfield County, Colorado

20 topographic sheets cover 11 settlements here.

Colorado within the United States
Broomfield County within Colorado

What the record shows

  • 220 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 12 populated places in this county; 11 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Wildfire, 1993 to 2020

130 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 130 of them, burning about 153 acres. 5 started naturally and 4 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined91
Smoking9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Natural5
Debris and open burning4
Arson/incendiarism4
Recreation and ceremony3
Other causes1

The five largest, by the area the report gives. One of them was set deliberately.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
19 February 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined55 acresNorth Metro Fire Rescue DistrictUNKNOWN
29 March 2008Equipment and vehicle use25 acresColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
27 April 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresNorth Metro Fire Rescue DistrictUNKNOWN
19 June 2013Recreation and ceremony15 acresNorth Metro Fire Rescue DistrictUNKNOWN
12 August 2020Arson/incendiarism10 acresNorth Metro Fire Rescue DistrictN/A
4 June 2018Debris and open burning5.0 acresNorth Metro Fire Rescue DistrictUNKNOWN
11 February 2008Equipment and vehicle use3.4 acresColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
6 April 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 2002 to 2025

48 of 48 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 48 reports for this county, causing no deaths, no injuries and about $11,000 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Hail37
Thunderstorm Wind7
Flash Flood2
Flood1
Lightning1

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2022Flash FloodBroomfield$10,000Heavy rainfall produced extensive flooding in Broomfield. Six inches of water inundated a section of Highway 287. Bike paths were flooded along Rock Creek and near Spader Way near the Broomfield Events Center.
June 2019LightningBroomfield$1,000Lightning struck a home with only minor damage.
June 2025HailBroomfield-Report from mping.
June 2025HailBroomfield-Report from mping.
May 2024HailBroomfield-The report was via mping.
May 2024HailBroomfield-The report was via mping.
May 2024HailBroomfield-The report was via mping.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindBroomfield-Measured gust from a CDOT sensor at I-25 and Highway 7.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindBroomfield-Intense thunderstorm winds snapped tree limbs up to one inch diameter.
July 2018HailBroomfield-A severe thunderstorm destroyed over 200 acres of corn.
September 2013Flash FloodBroomfield-Flash flooding forced the closure of CO36, between Wadsworth Blvd and Flatirons.
September 2013FloodBroomfield-Heavy rain, ranging from 6 to 10 inches through the entire storm event, caused widespread flooding, including the entire drainage system of South Boulder, Big Dry and Walnut Creeks. Due to extensive flooding, the Spruce Meadows section of the Broomfield Trail was closed due to significant collapses of the embankment between the trail and the adjacent irrigation ditch.
May 2023HailBroomfield-no account filed
August 2021HailBroomfield-no account filed
August 2021HailBroomfield-no account filed
June 2020Thunderstorm WindBroomfield-no account filed
June 2020Thunderstorm WindBroomfield-no account filed
June 2019HailBroomfield-no account filed
June 2019HailBroomfield-no account filed
June 2019HailBroomfield-no account filed
May 2019HailBroomfield-no account filed
July 2019HailBroomfield-no account filed
July 2019HailBroomfield-no account filed
July 2019HailBroomfield-no account filed
June 2018HailBroomfield-no account filed
June 2018HailBroomfield-no account filed
June 2018HailBroomfield-no account filed
May 2014HailBroomfield-no account filed
May 2014HailBroomfield-no account filed
August 2013Thunderstorm WindBroomfield-no account filed
August 2012Thunderstorm WindBroomfield-no account filed
July 2011Thunderstorm WindBroomfield-no account filed
July 2011HailBroomfield-no account filed
May 2010HailBroomfield-no account filed
May 2010HailBroomfield-no account filed
July 2009HailBroomfield-no account filed
August 2009HailBroomfield-no account filed
July 2009HailBroomfield-no account filed
April 2005HailBroomfield-no account filed
June 2005HailBroomfield-no account filed
May 2004HailBroomfield-no account filed
May 2004HailBroomfield-no account filed
May 2004HailBroomfield-no account filed
May 2004HailBroomfield-no account filed
August 2004HailBroomfield-no account filed
August 2004HailBroomfield-no account filed
August 2004HailBroomfield-no account filed
July 2002HailBroomfield-no account filed

Every populated place in the county

12

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.

Provenance

  • Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
  • Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
  • Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
  • 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.

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