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Poudre Park, Colorado

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Livermore census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80512. It lies near Hill Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Poudre Park quadrangle.

Poudre Park within Larimer County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

98 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of Poudre Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 18,103 acres in total. 49 started naturally. 4 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
Natural49
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Recreation and ceremony13
Equipment and vehicle use7
Arson/incendiarism4
Debris and open burning2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks1
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
3 September 1995Naturalunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandCEDAR GULCH
26 September 2008Naturalunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandHEWLETTE GULCH
20 September 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grasslandnot named
19 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGlacier View Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
11 September 2018Natural231 acresArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandSEAMAN
1 September 2002Naturalunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandYOUNGS GULCH
9 August 2005Naturalunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandWET SADDLE
7 August 2003Natural1.0 acresArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandLONG

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Larimer County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 35 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Poudre Park: 12 past producers, 12 producers, 10 occurrences, 1 unknown. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Beryllium, Beryllium, Mica, Feldspar, Mica. 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
Glen O. Barrett Et AlBeryllium, Tungsten, MicaPast Producer
Green Rock MineTungsten, MolybdenumPast ProducerPowellite, Scheelite
H G & S No. 3 MineMica, BerylliumOccurrenceBeryl, Muscovite
Red Mountain LodeLead, ZincOccurrenceGalena, Sphalerite
Spaulding MineTungsten, Molybdenum, Copper, GraphitePast ProducerPowellite, Scheelite
UnknownGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrenceSedimentary
Vona MaeStone, DimensionProducerMonazite
Vona MaeREEProducer
Vona Mae ClaimsREE, ThoriumOccurrenceMonazite
Wahketa LeaseUranium, VanadiumPast Producer

Every working recorded in Larimer County

Storms near this place

17 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Poudre Park in 17 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 9 flash flood, 7 hail, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2003LightningPoudre Park1 hurtA woman was struck by lightning while camping.
September 2023Flash FloodPoudre Park$15,000Heavy rain and flooding forced the closure of country roads 27 and 44H.
July 2012Flash FloodPoudre Park$15,000Heavy rain produced flash flooding in the High Park burn area.
July 2012Flash FloodPoudre Park$15,000Heavy rain produce flash flooding in the High Park burn area.
July 2021Flash FloodPoudre Park$10,000A culvert was washed out along Sheep Creek making road 44H impassable.
July 2014Flash FloodPoudre Park$10,000Heavy rainfall produced localized flash flooding in the High Park burn area. Mud debris flowed across CO 14 at mile marker 106.5.
July 2013Flash FloodPoudre Park$10,000Mudslides due to very heavy rain, forced the closure of Highway 14, in the High Park burn area.
July 2013Flash FloodPoudre Park$10,000Heavy rain forced the closure of Rist Canyon Road, between Davis Ranch Road and the canyon mouth, in the High Park burn area. At least a foot of water was observed running across the roadway in several areas. A significant mudslide was reported on Colorado Highway 14 in Poudre Canyon. At one point, the highway was closed in two spots to clear the debris from the roadway.
September 2013Flash FloodPoudre Park$5,000no account filed
July 2013Flash FloodPoudre Park-A mudslide forced the closure of Colorado Highway 14 in the High Park burn area.
May 2008HailPoudre Park-A tree fell on a house.
June 2018HailPoudre Park-no account filed
June 2016HailPoudre Park-no account filed
August 2008HailPoudre Park-no account filed
August 2003HailPoudre Park-no account filed
August 1997HailPoudre Park-no account filed
June 1996HailPoudre Park-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Larimer 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
Mishawaka3.2 miles17
Stove Prairie Landing4.5 miles21
Bellvue8.2 miles28
Owl Canyon8.6 miles19
Livermore8.8 miles19
Eggers9.7 miles21
Rex9.8 miles19
Laporte9.8 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 204671. 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.