Bailey, Colorado
29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Fairplay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80421. It lies near Crow Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Bailey quadrangle. It stands 7,740 feet above sea level.
On record in Bailey
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 2 records
Glenislelisted 1985- Estabrook Historic Districtlisted 1980
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 29 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1893 USGS Platte Canyon quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
- 1945 USGS Bailey quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1949 USGS Bailey quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Bailey quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Bailey quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Bailey quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
125 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 125 fires within 5 miles of Bailey between 1992 and 2020, burning about 13,430 acres in total. 25 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 82 |
| Natural | 25 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | 64 |
| 8 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 5 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Platte Canyon Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 3 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | DENNY'S FIRST IN 98 |
| 29 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 29 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | COMPUTER TERMINAL |
| 27 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Platte Canyon Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 27 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Platte Canyon Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Bailey: 4 past producers, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Nickel, Uranium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Molybdenum, Uranium, Vanadium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redskin Mines | Molybdenum, Uranium, Vanadium | Past Producer | 1955 | |
| Ruble Claims | Beryllium, Copper, Feldspar, Nickel | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Osirio Mine | Nickel | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| Osirio Mine | Nickel | Past Producer | ||
| Redskin Claims | Uranium | Occurrence | Torbernite | |
| Redskin Mines | Uranium | Past Producer | 1963 |
Storms near this place
18 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bailey in 18 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 12 hail, 3 lightning, 2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 death and 2 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2003 | Lightning | Bailey | 1 killed | Lighting struck and killed a man as he was riding his motorcycle. The man was struck in the head as he was riding along State Highway 24 just inside the county line. |
| August 2003 | Lightning | Bailey | 1 hurt | Lightning struck a teenager while he was four-wheeling over Red Cone Pass with friends. The teenage was struck on the right side of the chest. He stopped breathing and was resuscitated by a friend. |
| August 2002 | Lightning | Bailey | 1 hurt | A mail carrier was struck by lightning as he inserted a key into a multi-unit mailbox. The shock knocked the man back against his transport truck, he suffered minor injuries. |
| August 2007 | Flash Flood | Bailey | $1,000 | no account filed |
| August 2025 | Hail | Bailey | - | The report was from mPING. |
| August 2002 | Flash Flood | Bailey | - | Heavy rain triggered a mudslide along State Highway 285 near Bailey. Both lanes had to be closed briefly to remove debris from the highway. Several residences in the Bailey and Glenisle areas were also flooded. |
| August 2021 | Hail | Bailey | - | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Hail | Bailey | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Bailey | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Bailey | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Bailey | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Bailey | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Bailey | - | no account filed |
| September 2004 | Hail | Bailey | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bailey | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Bailey | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Bailey | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Bailey | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Insmont | 1.4 miles | 29 | |
| Glenisle | 1.9 miles | 18 | |
| Estabrook | 2.8 miles | 29 | |
| Shawnee | 4.4 miles | 18 | |
| Will-O-The-Wisp | 5.1 miles | 29 | |
| Silver Springs | 5.5 miles | 29 | |
| Highland Park | 7.1 miles | 18 | |
| Singleton | 7.3 miles | 18 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Bailey | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2879858 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 204727. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.









