Bronquist, Colorado
20 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 81005. The Survey maps it on the Owl Canyon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 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
- 1962 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Owl Canyon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Owl Canyon quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
11 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Bronquist between 2003 and 2020, burning about 34 acres in total. 2 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 | 9 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-Canon City District | not named |
| 23 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-Canon City District | not named |
| 1 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Red Creek Fire Department | N/A |
| 27 June 2020 | Natural | 9.0 acres | Pueblo County | VAUGHN VIEW |
| 20 June 2008 | Natural | 20 acres | Royal Gorge Field Office | SODA PBX ASSIST 1 |
| 27 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Beulah Valley Volunteer Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 3 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Red Creek Fire Department | N/A |
| 3 March 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-Canon City District | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Bronquist: 3 unknowns, 3 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory), Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Pueblo Lime | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Galbreth Creek | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Occurrence | ||
| Moore Prospect | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Producer | ||
| Galbreth Creek | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Moore Prospects | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Clay | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Siloam | 5.6 miles | 21 | |
| Swallows | 7.1 miles | 23 | |
| Goodpasture | 8.3 miles | 22 | |
| Cedar Grove | 9.1 miles | 22 | |
| Beulah Valley | 9.8 miles | 22 | |
| Hobson | 9.8 miles | 21 | |
| Beulah | 10.1 miles | 22 | |
| Valley View | 10.3 miles | 22 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122597897 | The 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 193759. 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.












