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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.

Bronquist within Pueblo County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 20 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

11 since 2003

Regional 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/undetermined9
Natural2

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
10 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-Canon City Districtnot named
23 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-Canon City Districtnot named
1 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRed Creek Fire DepartmentN/A
27 June 2020Natural9.0 acresPueblo CountyVAUGHN VIEW
20 June 2008Natural20 acresRoyal Gorge Field OfficeSODA PBX ASSIST 1
27 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBeulah Valley Volunteer Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
3 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRed Creek Fire DepartmentN/A
3 March 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-Canon City Districtnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pueblo County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Pueblo LimeStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Galbreth CreekFire Clay (Refractory)Occurrence
Moore ProspectFire Clay (Refractory)Producer
UnknownFire Clay (Refractory)Producer
Galbreth CreekClayPast Producer
Moore ProspectsClayPast Producer
UnknownClayUnknown
UnknownClayUnknown

Every working recorded in Pueblo 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
Siloam5.6 miles21
Swallows7.1 miles23
Goodpasture8.3 miles22
Cedar Grove9.1 miles22
Beulah Valley9.8 miles22
Hobson9.8 miles21
Beulah10.1 miles22
Valley View10.3 miles22

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 Q122597897The 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.