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Burdett, Colorado

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Otis census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80743. The Survey maps it on the Burdett quadrangle.

Burdett within Washington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 6 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

10 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Burdett between 2011 and 2017, burning about 99 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
Debris and open burning4
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2

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 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresOtis Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
23 September 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresOtis Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
17 August 2015Naturalunder an acreOtis Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
12 July 2013Natural50 acresOtis Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
10 July 2017Equipment and vehicle use20 acresOtis Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
10 July 2017Debris and open burning5.0 acresOtis Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
15 June 2017Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresOtis Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
19 February 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersOTIS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Burdett: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

15 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Burdett in 15 storm reports between 2014 and 2025: 11 hail, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood, 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
September 2014Flash FloodBurdett$100,000Strong thunderstorms producing up to 4 inches of rainfall, caused flash flooding. State Highway 61 was closed following an accident involving a semi-truck. Several sections of the highway experienced flooding. Extensive flooding was also observed in fields and ditches north and west along the highway towards Sterling. Several county roads were reportedly washed out.
July 2025HailBurdett-Report from mping.
July 2024Tornado (EFU)Burdett-Path is estimated. The landspout tornado only lasted a few minutes.
July 2021Tornado (EF0)Burdett-A landspout touched down briefly in an open field. No damage was observed.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindBurdett-Macroburst winds downed numerous power lines and damaged several buildings.
August 2023HailBurdett-no account filed
June 2022HailBurdett-no account filed
June 2019HailBurdett-no account filed
June 2018HailBurdett-no account filed
June 2016HailBurdett-no account filed
September 2016HailBurdett-no account filed
September 2016HailBurdett-no account filed
June 2015HailBurdett-no account filed
May 2015HailBurdett-no account filed
August 2015HailBurdett-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
Lone Star5.4 miles6
Otis15.0 miles8
Calhoun15.7 miles8
Platner15.8 miles6
Hyde17.0 miles6
Akron19.9 miles7
Xenia25.2 miles8
Midway25.5 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 182940. 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.