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Bennett, Colorado

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the East Adams census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80102. The Survey maps it on the Bennett quadrangle. 2,862 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,486 feet above sea level.

Bennett within Adams County

Population over time

2 figures

Bennett grew from 2,308 to 2,862 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20102,308
20202,862+554 (+24%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

78 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Bennett between 1992 and 2020, burning about 322 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined66
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Arson/incendiarism2
Fireworks2
Debris and open burning1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersBYERS
7 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresBennett Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
23 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBennett Fire Protection DistrictN/A
23 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBennett Fire Protection DistrictN/A
20 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
14 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersWATKINS
12 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersBYERS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Adams County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Bennett: 2 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them 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
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel

Every working recorded in Adams County

Storms near this place

60 of 112 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bennett in 112 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 68 hail, 24 tornado, 17 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning. 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
August 2009LightningBennett$25,000Lightning ignited two oil tanks near Bennett. It took 18,000 gallons of water and foam to put out the fires.
May 2014Flash FloodBennett$10,000A line of stationary thunderstorms produced flash flooding near Bennett. Over one foot of water was observed rushing over the junction of US 36 and Kiowa-Bennett Road.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindBennett-Windows were blown out and siding ripped off of some homes in the Bennett area. News photos showed significant damage to an outbuilding (barn?).
May 2025Tornado (EF2)Bennett-The largest of the 4 tornadoes on May 18th touched down near 48th and Highway 79 and moved north-northeast over the next 10-minutes. The largest swath of damage occurred just east of Provost Rd where a large barn/workshop was completely destroyed. The tornado then jogged eastward and then looped by to the north where it lifted.
July 2023Tornado (EFU)Bennett-A small tornado touched down in open country. No damage was observed.
July 2016Tornado (EF0)Bennett-A weak tornado touched down in open country, no damage was observed.
June 2014Tornado (EF0)Bennett-A tornado touched down briefly but no damage was reported.
June 2014Tornado (EF0)Bennett-A tornado touched down in an open field; no damage was observed.
August 2014Tornado (EF0)Bennett-A weak tornado touched down briefly, no damage was observed.
June 2012Tornado (EF0)Bennett-A weak tornado touched down but did no damage.
April 2010HailBennett-Large hail caused some car damage.
June 2009HailBennett-Hail, up to 4 inches in depth, covered the roadways.
September 2007Thunderstorm WindBennett-A storm chaser measured a peak wind gust to 67 mph.
August 2006Tornado (F0)Bennett-A tornado touched down but did no damage.
August 2006Tornado (F0)Bennett-A tornado touched down but did no damage.
June 2005HailBennett-Very large hail broke all the windows on the west side of a home and caused extensive roof damage.
June 2005Tornado (F0)Bennett-A tornado touched down but did no damage.
June 2004Tornado (F0)Bennett-A small tornado touched down but did no damage.
June 2004Tornado (F0)Bennett-A small tornado touched down but did no damage.
June 2004Tornado (F0)Bennett-A small tornado touched down but did no damage.
June 2004Tornado (F0)Bennett-A small tornado touched down but did no damage.
May 2003Tornado (F0)Bennett-A tornado touched down briefly but did no damage.
July 2002Tornado (F0)Bennett-A small tornado touched down briefly but did no damage.
May 2001Tornado (F0)Bennett-A small tornado touched down but did no damage.
June 2001Tornado (F1)Bennett-A tornado touched down and snapped several trees. In addition, a grain bin was thrown 200 yards and the door was ripped off an aircraft hangar. Dime size hail piled up to a foot in depth.
July 2001Tornado (F0)Bennett-A small tornado touched down but did no damage.
August 2001Tornado (F0)Bennett-A small tornado touched down but did no damage.
August 2001Tornado (F0)Bennett-A small tornado touched down but did no damage.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindBennett-Damaging thunderstorm winds developed between Bennett to near Strasburg. High winds blew half a metal roof off a shed in a Bennett lumberyard. A small barn was also levelled between Bennett and Strasburg.
July 1997LightningBennett-Lightning ignited a oil well tank holding 10,000 gallons of oil. Approximately 200 acres of grassland was also burned before the fire could be extinguished.
August 1997Thunderstorm WindBennett-Twelve motorists were injured in a multi-car accident when strong microburst winds estimated to 50 mph blew blinding dust across Interstate 70 near Bennett.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindBennett-no account filed
August 2023HailBennett-no account filed
August 2023Thunderstorm WindBennett-no account filed
June 2023HailBennett-no account filed
June 2023HailBennett-no account filed
May 2021HailBennett-no account filed
July 2021Thunderstorm WindBennett-no account filed
August 2021HailBennett-no account filed
August 2021HailBennett-no account filed
July 2020Thunderstorm WindBennett-no account filed
July 2020HailBennett-no account filed
July 2020HailBennett-no account filed
June 2020Thunderstorm WindBennett-no account filed
June 2020Thunderstorm WindBennett-no account filed
June 2020Thunderstorm WindBennett-no account filed
August 2019HailBennett-no account filed
August 2019HailBennett-no account filed
July 2018HailBennett-no account filed
July 2018HailBennett-no account filed
June 2015HailBennett-no account filed
June 2015HailBennett-no account filed
August 2014Thunderstorm WindBennett-no account filed
May 2014HailBennett-no account filed
May 2014HailBennett-no account filed
May 2014HailBennett-no account filed
May 2014HailBennett-no account filed
May 2014HailBennett-no account filed
July 2013HailBennett-no account filed
July 2013HailBennett-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Adams 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
Manila5.0 miles14
Strasburg5.7 miles14
Watkins9.6 miles19
Living Springs11.4 miles15
Comanche17.0 miles15
Friendly Village19.2 miles26
Norfolk Glen19.8 miles26
Hillcrest20.6 miles26

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 BennettAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2018755The 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 204738. 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.