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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1954 USGS Limon quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Limon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Limon quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Abarr quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Bonny Reservoir quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
5 since 1993Regional 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/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 200 acres | Yuma Volunteer Fire Department (Yuma Rural Fire Protection District) | N/A |
| 31 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | YUMA |
| 26 June 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Yuma Volunteer Fire Department (Yuma Rural Fire Protection District) | N/A |
| 4 May 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Yuma County | not named |
| 27 October 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Yuma Volunteer Fire Department (Yuma Rural Fire Protection District) | UNKNOWN |
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Western Paving Co Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
48 since 2001Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2008 | Hail | Abarr | $4,000 | NSSL SHAVE project relayed public report of golf ball size lasting one minute. This hail resulted in damage to a vehicle. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Abarr | $2,300 | Several 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 2018 | Hail | Abarr | $2,000 | The hail ranged from ping-pong to baseball size, breaking out 4-5 windows. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Abarr | $2,000 | Trees and power lines were down 3 miles west of highway 20 and road U. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Abarr | $1,000 | Trained 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 2009 | Hail | Abarr | $250 | Windows were cracked by wind-driven hail. |
| August 2025 | Hail | Abarr | - | Trained spotter reported pea to 1 inch hail and hail is starting to accumulate. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Abarr | - | Storm Chaser found a ping pong ball sized hail stone along Highway 59. |
| July 2024 | Hail | Abarr | - | Hail of dime to penny size was reported but mostly dime. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Abarr | - | Off duty NWS employee reported quarter sized hail at location. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Abarr | - | Spotter reported nickel sized hail at location. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Abarr | - | Report received of nickel sized hail at location. Location is radar-estimated. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Abarr | - | Hail up to pennies in size reported at location. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Abarr | - | Trained spotter reported multiple 3-6 inch diameter limbs were blown down due to the thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| August 2023 | Hail | Abarr | - | A storm chaser reported 3.5 inch to 4 inch hail near the intersection of Highway 59 and County Road 25. |
| August 2023 | Tornado (EF0) | Abarr | - | Chasers observed a tornado in the location with damage to corn crop circles found via Sentinel 2 imagery. |
| August 2023 | Tornado (EFU) | Abarr | - | Multiple storm chasers reported a brief rope tornado over an open field. No damage was observed. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Abarr | - | Trained spotter estimated 60 mph winds as a supercell thunderstorm moved over the location. |
| August 2023 | Tornado (EFU) | Abarr | - | A tornado remained in open fields, short of crossing County Road J. No damage was observed. |
| August 2023 | Hail | Abarr | - | 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 2020 | Hail | Abarr | - | Trained spotter observed pea to nickel sized hail. |
| August 2019 | Tornado (EFU) | Abarr | - | Two tornadoes were observed simultaneously. |
| August 2019 | Tornado (EFU) | Abarr | - | Two tornadoes were observed simultaneously. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Abarr | - | Estimated the time of the report from radar. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Abarr | - | 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 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Abarr | - | The cooperative observer estimated peak wind gusts to be around 70 mph. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Abarr | - | Peak winds were estimated at 60 mph. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Abarr | - | A tree was knocked down over highway 59. |
| July 2001 | Flash Flood | Abarr | - | 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 2023 | Hail | Abarr | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Hail | Abarr | - | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Hail | Abarr | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Abarr | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Abarr | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Abarr | - | no account filed |
| August 2010 | Hail | Abarr | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Abarr | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Abarr | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Abarr | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Abarr | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Abarr | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Abarr | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Abarr | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Abarr | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Abarr | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Abarr | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Abarr | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Abarr | - | no account filed |
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.
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 Abarr | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q24902116 | The 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.




