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Goodnight, Colorado

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Pueblo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81005. It stands on Blue Ribbon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Northwest Pueblo quadrangle.

Goodnight within Pueblo County

On record in Goodnight

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 28 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

1,360 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,360 fires within 5 miles of Goodnight between 2003 and 2020, burning about 891 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 20 were 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/undetermined1221
Recreation and ceremony29
Debris and open burning24
Smoking23
Arson/incendiarism20
Equipment and vehicle use18
Fireworks16
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePueblo Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
9 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePueblo Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
9 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePueblo Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
9 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePueblo Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePueblo Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePueblo Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
8 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePueblo Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
8 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePueblo Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pueblo County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Goodnight: 11 producers, 5 past producers, 4 occurrences, 4 unknowns. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Flagstone, Geothermal. 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
Artesian Well #24GeothermalProducer
General Refractories PlantClayProducer
UnknownStone, Crushed/Broken, FlagstoneUnknown
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrenceSedimentary
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrenceSedimentary
Black DiamondSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Pueblo 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
Pueblo3.3 miles24
Salt Creek4.7 miles23
Wild Horse4.7 miles28
Eden4.8 miles24
Blende5.5 miles23
Fearnowville5.9 miles24
Pueblo West6.7 miles28
Stem Beach6.9 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 193704. 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.