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Widefield, Colorado

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Fountain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80911. It lies near Skinner Hill. The Survey maps it on the Fountain quadrangle.

Widefield within El Paso County

On record in Widefield

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 32 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

665 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 665 fires within 5 miles of Widefield between 1994 and 2020, burning about 6,330 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 17 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/undetermined577
Smoking24
Arson/incendiarism17
Equipment and vehicle use14
Natural12
Fireworks5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Debris and open burning5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Other causes1

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 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
9 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresColorado Springs Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado Springs Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
7 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreStratmoor Hills Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
6 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreStratmoor Hills Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSecurity Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
6 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreStratmoor Hills Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
5 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSecurity Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in El Paso County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 27 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Widefield: 24 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 past producer. 24 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnknownClayOccurrenceClay
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
CarsonSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in El Paso County

Storms near this place

39 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Widefield in 39 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 31 hail, 5 flash flood, 3 heavy rain. 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
July 2025HailWidefield-Report from mPING. Hail measured to 1 inch occurred in Fountain.
July 2025Flash FloodWidefield-Water on roadway 6 inches to a foot deep at Hwy 115 and Star Ranch Road.
July 2025HailWidefield-Hail measured to 1.5 inches occurred in central El Paso County.
August 2024HailWidefield-A public report via mPING reported hail of 1 inch in diameter.
August 2024Heavy RainWidefield-A trained spotter reported 1.00 inches of rain, which fell in a 30 min period, and was produced by a strong thunderstorm.
May 2024HailWidefield-A public source via mPing, reported hail of 1 inch in diameter.
May 2024HailWidefield-A source via amateur radio reported hail of 1.25 inches in diameter.
July 2024HailWidefield-Hail measured to 1.5 inches fell in Security.
September 2024HailWidefield-There was one inch hail measured at the location.
August 2023HailWidefield-Mping report.
June 2023HailWidefield-From the Mping app and the public.
August 2020Flash FloodWidefield-Water flowing over curb at Fontaine and Dartmouth.
August 2020Flash FloodWidefield-Extensive street flooding reported by broadcast media.
August 2020Flash FloodWidefield-Cars stalling in flood waters across roadway.
August 2020HailWidefield-Trained spotter reported large hail, 1 inch.
August 2020HailWidefield-Public reported large hail, 1.25 inches.
August 2020Heavy RainWidefield-Heavy rainfall of 1.79 inches.
July 2016Flash FloodWidefield-Strong storms produced heavy rain and flash flooding of Fontaine Street in Security.
August 2023HailWidefield-no account filed
August 2023HailWidefield-no account filed
May 2020Heavy RainWidefield-no account filed
June 2018HailWidefield-no account filed
June 2018HailWidefield-no account filed
June 2018HailWidefield-no account filed
June 2018HailWidefield-no account filed
August 2018HailWidefield-no account filed
August 2018HailWidefield-no account filed
August 2018HailWidefield-no account filed
August 2018HailWidefield-no account filed
July 2018HailWidefield-no account filed
August 2017HailWidefield-no account filed
July 2016HailWidefield-no account filed
July 2016HailWidefield-no account filed
July 2016HailWidefield-no account filed
July 2016HailWidefield-no account filed
June 2010HailWidefield-no account filed
June 2008HailWidefield-no account filed
August 2008HailWidefield-no account filed
June 2001HailWidefield-no account filed

Every storm recorded in El Paso 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
Security2.1 miles32
Skinners3.3 miles32
Fort Carson3.7 miles34
Fountain3.7 miles32
Stratmoor4.2 miles32
Stratmoor Hills5.2 miles32
Kelker5.4 miles32
Rock Creek Park6.7 miles34

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122542088The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 193620. 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.