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.
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.
John Wolfe Houselisted 2013 · 0.3 miles away
Claremontlisted 1977 · 0.3 miles away
Pauline Chapellisted 2001 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 32 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.
- 1893 USGS Colorado Springs quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1909 USGS Colorado Springs quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1942 USGS Colorado Springs quadrangle1:125000
- 1948 USGS Colorado Springs quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Colorado Springs quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Colorado Springs quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Colorado Springs quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Colorado Springs quadrangle1:24000, 7 printings
- 1962 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Colorado Springs quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
1,578 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 1366 |
| Smoking | 70 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 33 |
| Debris and open burning | 32 |
| Natural | 28 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Fireworks | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 9 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 9 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado Springs Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 9 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado Springs Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 9 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado Springs Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 8 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado Springs Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 8 September 2018 | Smoking | under an acre | Colorado Springs Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 7 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Stratmoor Hills Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 60 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Bird Mine | Uranium, Beryllium, Niobium (Columbium) | Past Producer | Columbite | |
| Eureka Shaft | Fluorine-Fluorite, Gemstone, Titanium, Metal | Past Producer | Cryolite, Fluorite | |
| Gold Hill Mesa tailings | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | tailings | |
| Kenmuir | Stone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| South Cheyenne Mine | Stone | Unknown | ||
| St Peters Dome Area | Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, REE, Beryllium | Occurrence | Beryl, Pyrochlore | |
| St Peters Dome Pegmatite Prospect | Fluorine-Fluorite, Semiprecious Gemstone, Tin | Prospect | ||
| Stove Mountain Mineral Locality | Gemstone, REE, Fluorine-Fluorite, Beryllium, Niobium (Columbium), Titanium, Metal, Tin, Thorium, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Iron | Producer | Astrophyllite, Columbite, Cryolite, Fergusonite, Fluorite, Pyrochlore, Riebeckite, Topaz, Xenotime, Zircon | |
| Thanas & Brown | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Unknown | REE | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
3 since 2000Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2004 | Hail | Broadmoor | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Broadmoor | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Broadmoor | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivywild | 1.1 miles | 32 | |
| Stratton Meadows | 1.7 miles | 32 | |
| Stratmoor Hills | 2.6 miles | 32 | |
| Colorado Springs | 2.8 miles | 32 | |
| Green Settlement | 3.0 miles | 37 | |
| Kelker | 3.2 miles | 32 | |
| Stratmoor | 3.6 miles | 32 | |
| Knob Hill | 4.4 miles | 32 |
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.














