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Cornish, Colorado

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Kersey-Gill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80622. The Survey maps it on the Cornish quadrangle.

Cornish within Weld County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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

8 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Cornish between 2011 and 2020, burning under an acre in total. None started naturally. 1 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/undetermined6
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
16 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLincoln CountyUNKNOWN
7 June 2018Smokingunder an acreGaleton Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
29 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGaleton Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
26 June 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersPLATTEVILLE
9 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePlatte Valley Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
2 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersGALETON
2 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersBRIGGSDALE
9 January 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGaleton Fire Protection DistrictN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Weld County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Cornish: 3 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 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
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel

Every working recorded in Weld County

Storms near this place

8 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cornish in 8 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 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
July 2025Thunderstorm WindCornish-One small tree blown down and stripped of most of its leaves. Spotter reported some hail but did not have an estimate of size.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindCornish-no account filed
August 2018HailCornish-no account filed
June 2009HailCornish-no account filed
May 2008Thunderstorm WindCornish-no account filed
June 2008HailCornish-no account filed
July 1998HailCornish-no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindCornish-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Weld 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
Fosston4.2 miles12
Barnesville4.6 miles14
Matthews5.4 miles14
Gill8.3 miles18
Briggsdale9.0 miles14
Galeton9.1 miles18
Lowe9.9 miles18
Alden10.0 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 180559. 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.