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Broadmoor, Colorado

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Colorado Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80906. It lies near South Cheyenne Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Colorado Springs quadrangle.

Broadmoor within El Paso County

On record in Broadmoor

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 within a mile 3 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 32 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

1,578 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,578 fires within 5 miles of Broadmoor between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,657 acres in total. 28 started naturally. 14 were 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/undetermined1366
Smoking70
Equipment and vehicle use33
Debris and open burning32
Natural28
Recreation and ceremony21
Arson/incendiarism14
Fireworks11
Misuse of fire by a minor2
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 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
9 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
9 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado Springs Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
9 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado Springs Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
9 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado Springs Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
8 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado Springs Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
8 September 2018Smokingunder an acreColorado Springs Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
7 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreStratmoor Hills Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in El Paso County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 60 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 60 workings within 5 miles of Broadmoor: 29 producers, 17 occurrences, 8 past producers, 5 unknowns. 29 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, Clay. 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
Blue Bird MineUranium, Beryllium, Niobium (Columbium)Past ProducerColumbite
Eureka ShaftFluorine-Fluorite, Gemstone, Titanium, MetalPast ProducerCryolite, Fluorite
Gold Hill Mesa tailingsGold, SilverPast Producertailings
KenmuirStone, DimensionProducer
South Cheyenne MineStoneUnknown
St Peters Dome AreaNiobium (Columbium), Tantalum, REE, BerylliumOccurrenceBeryl, Pyrochlore
St Peters Dome Pegmatite ProspectFluorine-Fluorite, Semiprecious Gemstone, TinProspect
Stove Mountain Mineral LocalityGemstone, REE, Fluorine-Fluorite, Beryllium, Niobium (Columbium), Titanium, Metal, Tin, Thorium, Lead, Zinc, Copper, IronProducerAstrophyllite, Columbite, Cryolite, Fergusonite, Fluorite, Pyrochlore, Riebeckite, Topaz, Xenotime, Zircon
Thanas & BrownLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
UnknownREEOccurrence

Every working recorded in El Paso County

Storms near this place

3 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Broadmoor in 3 storm reports between 2000 and 2004: 2 hail, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2004HailBroadmoor-no account filed
July 2004HailBroadmoor-no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindBroadmoor-no account filed

Every storm recorded in El Paso 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
Ivywild1.1 miles32
Stratton Meadows1.7 miles32
Stratmoor Hills2.6 miles32
Colorado Springs2.8 miles32
Green Settlement3.0 miles37
Kelker3.2 miles32
Stratmoor3.6 miles32
Knob Hill4.4 miles32

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 193527. 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.