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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.

Bailey within Park County

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 29 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

125 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined82
Natural25
Smoking7
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Firearms and explosives use2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1
Debris and open burning1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePike and San Isabel National Forest64
8 September 2019Naturalunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePlatte Canyon Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
3 September 1998Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestDENNY'S FIRST IN 98
29 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
29 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestCOMPUTER TERMINAL
27 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePlatte Canyon Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
27 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePlatte Canyon Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Park County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Redskin MinesMolybdenum, Uranium, VanadiumPast Producer1955
Ruble ClaimsBeryllium, Copper, Feldspar, NickelPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Osirio MineNickelOccurrenceReplacement
Osirio MineNickelPast Producer
Redskin ClaimsUraniumOccurrenceTorbernite
Redskin MinesUraniumPast Producer1963

Every working recorded in Park County

Storms near this place

18 since 1999

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2003LightningBailey1 killedLighting 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 2003LightningBailey1 hurtLightning 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 2002LightningBailey1 hurtA 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 2007Flash FloodBailey$1,000no account filed
August 2025HailBailey-The report was from mPING.
August 2002Flash FloodBailey-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 2021HailBailey-no account filed
August 2018HailBailey-no account filed
June 2016HailBailey-no account filed
July 2009HailBailey-no account filed
July 2007HailBailey-no account filed
July 2007HailBailey-no account filed
June 2004HailBailey-no account filed
September 2004HailBailey-no account filed
June 2003Thunderstorm WindBailey-no account filed
May 2001HailBailey-no account filed
June 2001HailBailey-no account filed
June 1999HailBailey-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Park County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Insmont1.4 miles29
Glenisle1.9 miles18
Estabrook2.8 miles29
Shawnee4.4 miles18
Will-O-The-Wisp5.1 miles29
Silver Springs5.5 miles29
Highland Park7.1 miles18
Singleton7.3 miles18

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 BaileyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2879858The 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.