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Abarr, Colorado

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Yuma census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80759. The Survey maps it on the Abarr quadrangle.

Abarr within Yuma County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

5 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Abarr between 1993 and 2020, burning about 204 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
24 August 2020Equipment and vehicle use200 acresYuma Volunteer Fire Department (Yuma Rural Fire Protection District)N/A
31 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersYUMA
26 June 2020Naturalunder an acreYuma Volunteer Fire Department (Yuma Rural Fire Protection District)N/A
4 May 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreYuma Countynot named
27 October 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreYuma Volunteer Fire Department (Yuma Rural Fire Protection District)UNKNOWN

Every fire recorded in Yuma County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Abarr: 1 occurrence, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Western Paving Co PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Yuma County

Storms near this place

48 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Abarr in 48 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 33 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 2 flash flood. 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
May 2008HailAbarr$4,000NSSL SHAVE project relayed public report of golf ball size lasting one minute. This hail resulted in damage to a vehicle.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindAbarr$2,300Several tree branches, approximately three to four inches in diameter, were blown down. Wind blown rain infiltrated the home around the window seams, causing damage inside.
June 2018HailAbarr$2,000The hail ranged from ping-pong to baseball size, breaking out 4-5 windows.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindAbarr$2,000Trees and power lines were down 3 miles west of highway 20 and road U.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindAbarr$1,000Trained spotter reported a large, dead tree blown over along with numerous tree limbs down on the property due to strong winds associated with a thunderstorm.
July 2009HailAbarr$250Windows were cracked by wind-driven hail.
August 2025HailAbarr-Trained spotter reported pea to 1 inch hail and hail is starting to accumulate.
May 2024HailAbarr-Storm Chaser found a ping pong ball sized hail stone along Highway 59.
July 2024HailAbarr-Hail of dime to penny size was reported but mostly dime.
June 2023HailAbarr-Off duty NWS employee reported quarter sized hail at location.
June 2023HailAbarr-Spotter reported nickel sized hail at location.
June 2023HailAbarr-Report received of nickel sized hail at location. Location is radar-estimated.
June 2023HailAbarr-Hail up to pennies in size reported at location.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindAbarr-Trained spotter reported multiple 3-6 inch diameter limbs were blown down due to the thunderstorm wind gusts.
August 2023HailAbarr-A storm chaser reported 3.5 inch to 4 inch hail near the intersection of Highway 59 and County Road 25.
August 2023Tornado (EF0)Abarr-Chasers observed a tornado in the location with damage to corn crop circles found via Sentinel 2 imagery.
August 2023Tornado (EFU)Abarr-Multiple storm chasers reported a brief rope tornado over an open field. No damage was observed.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindAbarr-Trained spotter estimated 60 mph winds as a supercell thunderstorm moved over the location.
August 2023Tornado (EFU)Abarr-A tornado remained in open fields, short of crossing County Road J. No damage was observed.
August 2023HailAbarr-Multiple reports of large hail from storm chasers on the highway and a homeowner next to the highway of ping pong ball to baseball sized hail.
July 2020HailAbarr-Trained spotter observed pea to nickel sized hail.
August 2019Tornado (EFU)Abarr-Two tornadoes were observed simultaneously.
August 2019Tornado (EFU)Abarr-Two tornadoes were observed simultaneously.
May 2016HailAbarr-Estimated the time of the report from radar.
July 2015Flash FloodAbarr-Trained spotters reported the road was flooded with water running approximately 10 ft. across and over a foot deep. 2.05 inches of rainfall was measured at this location.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindAbarr-The cooperative observer estimated peak wind gusts to be around 70 mph.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindAbarr-Peak winds were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindAbarr-A tree was knocked down over highway 59.
July 2001Flash FloodAbarr-Nearly three inches of rain in a short period of time caused several inches of water to run over county roads and put yards under water.
August 2023HailAbarr-no account filed
August 2020HailAbarr-no account filed
August 2018HailAbarr-no account filed
May 2016HailAbarr-no account filed
July 2016HailAbarr-no account filed
July 2011HailAbarr-no account filed
August 2010HailAbarr-no account filed
May 2008HailAbarr-no account filed
August 2005HailAbarr-no account filed
August 2005HailAbarr-no account filed
July 2005HailAbarr-no account filed
July 2004HailAbarr-no account filed
June 2003HailAbarr-no account filed
August 2002HailAbarr-no account filed
August 2002HailAbarr-no account filed
August 2002HailAbarr-no account filed
June 2001HailAbarr-no account filed
August 2001HailAbarr-no account filed
July 2001HailAbarr-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Yuma 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
Heartstrong9.6 miles8
Joes13.5 miles8
Kirk17.5 miles9
Yuma18.8 miles9
Schramm18.9 miles8
Eckley21.5 miles8
Vernon21.8 miles8
Idalia24.1 miles8

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.

Wikipedia article on AbarrAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q24902116The 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 204724. 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.