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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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.
- 1954 USGS Sterling quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Sterling quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Burdett quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Wray quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
10 since 2011Regional 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 burning | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Otis Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 23 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Otis Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 17 August 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Otis Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 12 July 2013 | Natural | 50 acres | Otis Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 10 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Otis Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 10 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Otis Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 15 June 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Otis Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 19 February 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | OTIS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
15 since 2014Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2014 | Flash Flood | Burdett | $100,000 | Strong 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 2025 | Hail | Burdett | - | Report from mping. |
| July 2024 | Tornado (EFU) | Burdett | - | Path is estimated. The landspout tornado only lasted a few minutes. |
| July 2021 | Tornado (EF0) | Burdett | - | A landspout touched down briefly in an open field. No damage was observed. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burdett | - | Macroburst winds downed numerous power lines and damaged several buildings. |
| August 2023 | Hail | Burdett | - | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Hail | Burdett | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Burdett | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Burdett | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Burdett | - | no account filed |
| September 2016 | Hail | Burdett | - | no account filed |
| September 2016 | Hail | Burdett | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Burdett | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Burdett | - | no account filed |
| August 2015 | Hail | Burdett | - | 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.
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.



