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Dodd, Colorado

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Fort Morgan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80701. It stands on Badger Creek. The Survey maps it on the Brush West quadrangle.

Dodd within Morgan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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

77 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Dodd between 2011 and 2020, burning about 81 acres in total. None 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/undetermined56
Equipment and vehicle use17
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Debris and open burning1
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1

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
11 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBrush Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
11 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBrush Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
31 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFort Morgan Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
28 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersFORT MORGAN
27 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersFORT MORGAN
27 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersFORT MORGAN
23 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFort Morgan Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
23 August 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreBrush Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Morgan 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 Dodd: 2 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. 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
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSand

Every working recorded in Morgan County

Storms near this place

6 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dodd in 6 storm reports between 2008 and 2012: 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. 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
June 2010Tornado (EF0)Dodd-A tornado touched down briefly but did no damage.
June 2009Tornado (EF0)Dodd-A tornado touched down but did no damage.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindDodd-no account filed
August 2009HailDodd-no account filed
July 2008HailDodd-no account filed
July 2008Thunderstorm WindDodd-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Morgan 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
Lodi2.5 miles11
Hurley3.0 miles10
Nelson3.4 miles11
Moseley3.6 miles8
Brush4.8 miles11
Fort Morgan5.5 miles10
Snyder6.6 miles11
Log Lane Village6.6 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 182918. 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.