Bragdon, Colorado
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Pueblo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81008. It lies near Beacon Hill. The Survey maps it on the Pinon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 20 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.
- 1891 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1896 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Pinon quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
25 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Bragdon between 2011 and 2018, burning about 7 acres in total. None 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 | 23 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | PUEBLO |
| 13 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Pueblo Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 10 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Pueblo Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 10 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Pueblo Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 6 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | PUEBLO |
| 3 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | PUEBLO |
| 19 June 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Pueblo Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 13 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | PUEBLO |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Bragdon: 3 producers, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overton-Steele Hollow Iron Deposits | Iron | Past Producer | 1900 | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
1 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bragdon in 1 storm report in 2000: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bragdon | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piñon | 2.2 miles | 20 | |
| Wild Horse | 5.9 miles | 28 | |
| Eden | 5.9 miles | 24 | |
| Pueblo West | 6.9 miles | 28 | |
| Fearnowville | 8.9 miles | 24 | |
| Pueblo | 10.2 miles | 24 | |
| Goodnight | 10.2 miles | 28 | |
| Baxter | 10.8 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 193902. 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.











