BlockBradford, Colorado
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Gardner census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81040. It lies near Watkins Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Devils Gulch quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 1889 USGS Huerfano Park quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Huerfano Park quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Devils Gulch quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1982 USGS Blanca Peak quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Devils Gulch quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
9 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Bradford between 1996 and 2020, burning about 11 acres in total. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 July 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Huerfano County | NORTH BRUFF CREEK |
| 31 July 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | BLACK MOUNTAIN |
| 19 July 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Royal Gorge Field Office | BLACK MTN |
| 18 July 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | MUDDY |
| 10 July 2001 | Natural | 7.1 acres | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | REED GULCH |
| 16 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 13 June 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 28 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wet Mountain Fire Protection District | N/A |
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 Bradford: 4 prospects, 2 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Vanadium, Uranium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Vanadium, Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anal No. 1 Mine | Vanadium, Uranium | Past Producer | 1955 | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Sand and Gravel | |
| Deiz Ranch Occurrence | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Isabell Group | Uranium | Prospect | Pitchblende | |
| Gardner area | Uranium, Vanadium | Prospect | ||
| Huerfano Park uranium prospect | Uranium, Vanadium | Prospect | ||
| Whitecliff 1-6 Claims | Uranium, Vanadium | Prospect |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 192503. 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.