BlockBovina, Colorado
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Arriba census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80818. The Survey maps it on the Genoa East quadrangle. It stands 5,190 feet above sea level.
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
- 1979 USGS Genoa East quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Limon quadrangle1:100000
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 Bovina: 2 occurrences, 1 past producer. 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.
Storms near this place
8 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bovina in 8 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 6 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2025 | Hail | Bovina | - | Baseball size hail swath extended from 7 miles east of Genoa to 4 miles east of Genoa along I-70. |
| August 2025 | Hail | Bovina | - | The report was from mPING. |
| June 2014 | Tornado (EF0) | Bovina | - | A tornado touched down but did no damage. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Bovina | - | no account filed |
| May 2021 | Hail | Bovina | - | no account filed |
| May 2021 | Hail | Bovina | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Bovina | - | no account filed |
| September 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bovina | - | 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 Bovina | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4950547 | 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 195108. 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.
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.