Nelson, Colorado

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Brush census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80723. The Survey maps it on the Brush West quadrangle.

Nelson within Morgan County

On record in Nelson

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 1 record

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

All Saints Church of Eben Ezerlisted 1982 · 0.9 miles away

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.

1951 USGS Brush West quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
1954 USGS Sterling quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Sterling quadrangle1:250000
1971 USGS Brush West quadrangle1:24000
1980 USGS Fort Morgan quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

76 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Nelson between 2011 and 2020, burning about 79 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/undetermined	59
Equipment and vehicle use	10
Recreation and ceremony	3
Smoking	2
Fireworks	1
Railroad operations and maintenance	1

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 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Brush Fire Department	UNKNOWN
21 September 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters	not named
11 September 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Brush Fire Department	UNKNOWN
11 September 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Brush Fire Department	UNKNOWN
7 August 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Brush Fire Department	UNKNOWN
23 August 2016	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Brush Fire Department	UNKNOWN
16 August 2016	Smoking	under an acre	Brush Fire Department	UNKNOWN
6 July 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters	FORT MORGAN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Morgan County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Nelson: 4 occurrences, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Unknown	Clay	Occurrence	Sedimentary
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Sandpit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence	Gravel
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence	Sand

Every working 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Brush	2.0 miles	11
Lodi	2.3 miles	11
Dodd	3.4 miles	11
Moseley	5.0 miles	8
Hurley	5.5 miles	10
Snyder	6.3 miles	11
Camden	6.9 miles	11
Fort Morgan	7.4 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 182922. 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.