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Beulah, Colorado

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Pueblo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81023. It lies near Sugarloaf Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Beulah quadrangle. It stands 6,381 feet above sea level.

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Beulah within Pueblo County

On record in Beulah

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

13 surveys from 22 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

113 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of Beulah between 1995 and 2020, burning about 5,338 acres in total. 31 started naturally. 1 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/undetermined62
Natural31
Equipment and vehicle use9
Recreation and ceremony4
Debris and open burning3
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBeulah Valley Volunteer Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBeulah Valley Volunteer Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
3 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBeulah Valley Volunteer Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
3 September 1995Natural5.0 acresRoyal Gorge Field OfficeS. HOLBERT
25 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBeulah Valley Volunteer Fire DepartmentN/A
20 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBeulah Valley Volunteer Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
27 August 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreBeulah Valley Volunteer Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
27 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-Canon City Districtnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pueblo County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Beulah: 3 producers, 2 occurrences, 2 past producers, 2 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Marble, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
BeulahSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownFire Clay (Refractory)Occurrence
BeulahStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownMarble, DimensionOccurrenceMetamorphic
UnknownStone, Crushed/Broken, Marble, DimensionUnknown
Beulah Strip PitClayProducer
Fox No 1 PitClayProducer
Siloam Clay MineClayProducer
UnknownClayUnknown

Every working recorded in Pueblo County

Storms near this place

60 of 67 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beulah in 67 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 41 hail, 13 flash flood, 8 heavy rain, 2 lightning. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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
June 2001HailBeulah$1,000,000no account filed
May 2017Flash FloodBeulah$100,000Very heavy rain on the Junkins burn scar caused significant flash flooding along North Creek into the Beulah Valley. North Creek Road and adjoining driveways were washed out. Several residents were stranded on their property, but there were no injuries or loss of life.
August 2007Flash FloodBeulah$100,000no account filed
May 2007LightningBeulah$70,000no account filed
May 2006LightningBeulah$70,000no account filed
July 2013Flash FloodBeulah$10,000Rainfall amounts of up to six inches occurred from near Beulah to the Rye area causing flash flooding. A foot bridge in Rye was washed away and there were numerous road washouts.
July 2025Flash FloodBeulah-Video footage provided by Pueblo County EM and Beulah Fire Chief of swift, ash-laden stream flows, excess surface runoff and debris flows after heavy rainfall hit the eastern edge of the Oak Ridge burn scar. Some forest road, culvert and stream crossing washouts occurred from debris flows and surface runoff a few miles northwest of Beulah.
June 2023HailBeulah-Publich Cocorahs report.
June 2023HailBeulah-Public report from Beulah, Colorado.
August 2021Heavy RainBeulah-Heavy rainfall of 2.45 inches.
August 2021Heavy RainBeulah-Heavy rainfall of 3.95 inches.
August 2021Heavy RainBeulah-Heavy rainfall of 2.32 inches.
May 2021Flash FloodBeulah-Flooded roads throughout the Beulah area. Multiple residents were having a hard time accessing their driveways, especially in low lying areas.
May 2021Heavy RainBeulah-Heavy rain of 2.70 inches, 1 mile south southeast Beulah.
May 2021Heavy RainBeulah-Heavy rain of 1.04 inches at Beulah.
August 2020HailBeulah-Public reported large hail, 1 inch.
July 2019Flash FloodBeulah-Emergency Management reports a few roads impacted and closed north of Beulah due to heavy rains and flash flooding. Northcreek Cutoff Rd is closed due to an area being washed out near a culvert.
July 2019Heavy RainBeulah-Over 3 inches of rain fell within 90 minutes.
July 2019Heavy RainBeulah-Two inches of rain fell within 90 minutes over topping the rain gauge.
August 2017Flash FloodBeulah-Driveways along North Creek Road were impacted with high, fast-flowing water, although the adjacent North Creek Road was not flooded.
July 2014HailBeulah-Hail was up to five inches deep in places.
June 2006Flash FloodBeulah-Heavy rain totalling 1 to 4 inches over the Mason Gulch Burn Scar in a short period of time caused flooding of roadways in the Mason Gulch Burn Scar and close to Beulah.
July 2006Flash FloodBeulah-Up to two inches of rain fell in a short time on already saturated ground on the Mason Gulch Burn Scar in northwest Pueblo and northeast Custer Counties...creating flash flooding conditions that produced fast flowing waters and debris two feet deep and 100 feet wide.
August 2005Flash FloodBeulah-Heavy thunderstorm rains caused flash flooding on the Mason Gulch Burn Scar in western Pueblo County.
July 2021Heavy RainBeulah-no account filed
May 2018HailBeulah-no account filed
July 2018Thunderstorm WindBeulah-no account filed
May 2017HailBeulah-no account filed
May 2017HailBeulah-no account filed
May 2017HailBeulah-no account filed
May 2017HailBeulah-no account filed
May 2017HailBeulah-no account filed
August 2017HailBeulah-no account filed
July 2017HailBeulah-no account filed
July 2017HailBeulah-no account filed
June 2016HailBeulah-no account filed
May 2015HailBeulah-no account filed
May 2015Funnel CloudBeulah-no account filed
July 2014Flash FloodBeulah-no account filed
September 2013Flash FloodBeulah-no account filed
July 2011HailBeulah-no account filed
August 2010HailBeulah-no account filed
July 2009HailBeulah-no account filed
July 2009HailBeulah-no account filed
July 2009HailBeulah-no account filed
July 2009HailBeulah-no account filed
July 2009HailBeulah-no account filed
August 2009HailBeulah-no account filed
June 2008HailBeulah-no account filed
June 2008HailBeulah-no account filed
June 2008HailBeulah-no account filed
August 2008HailBeulah-no account filed
June 2007HailBeulah-no account filed
June 2007HailBeulah-no account filed
June 2007HailBeulah-no account filed
August 2005HailBeulah-no account filed
July 2005Flash FloodBeulah-no account filed
July 2005HailBeulah-no account filed
August 2004HailBeulah-no account filed
July 2002HailBeulah-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pueblo 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
Valley View0.7 miles22
Beulah Valley1.1 miles22
Cedar Grove2.5 miles22
Goodpasture3.6 miles22
Bronquist10.1 miles20
Burnt Mill10.2 miles18
Cuerna Verde Park10.6 miles23
Rye10.9 miles23

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 BeulahAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4899245The 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 204803. 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.