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Bulger, Colorado

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Timnath-Wellington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80549. The Survey maps it on the Carr SW quadrangle.

Bulger within Larimer County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 15 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

36 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Bulger between 2003 and 2020, burning about 326 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined30
Equipment and vehicle use2
Debris and open burning1
Smoking1
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersWELLINGTON
26 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersWELLINGTON
29 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
25 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersWELLINGTON
2 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
18 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
16 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
11 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresWellington Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Larimer County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Bulger: 3 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium. 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
Indian CreekUraniumOccurrence
Indian Creek Sec 19UraniumPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Larimer County

Storms near this place

4 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bulger in 4 storm reports between 2007 and 2011: 4 hail. 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
May 2011HailBulger-no account filed
July 2009HailBulger-no account filed
July 2007HailBulger-no account filed
July 2007HailBulger-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Larimer 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
Wellington6.3 miles29
Waverly6.4 miles29
Buckeye6.4 miles20
Norfolk8.1 miles17
Meyers Corner8.9 miles29
Rex10.4 miles19
Owl Canyon10.5 miles19
Kenyon Corner11.7 miles29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 171172. 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.