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Pulliam, Colorado

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Johnstown-Milliken census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80534. The Survey maps it on the Johnstown quadrangle.

Pulliam within Weld County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

234 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 234 fires within 5 miles of Pulliam between 2010 and 2020, burning about 226 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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/undetermined196
Equipment and vehicle use11
Debris and open burning9
Arson/incendiarism6
Recreation and ceremony5
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
6 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBerthoud Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
5 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMilliken Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
3 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWeld CountyUNKNOWN
23 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMilliken Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
21 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBig Thompson Canyon Volunteer Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
21 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMilliken Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
2 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBerthoud Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
17 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWeld CountyUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Weld County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Pulliam: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
UnknownFire Clay (Refractory)Occurrence

Every working 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
Elwell1.1 miles20
Clark1.1 miles20
Buda1.9 miles20
Johnstown2.0 miles20
Bunyan2.6 miles20
Kahler2.9 miles20
Hardman3.5 miles20
Walker3.9 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 180699. 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.