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Boyero, Colorado

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Hugo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80821. The Survey maps it on the Boyero quadrangle. It stands 4,721 feet above sea level.

Boyero within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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.

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Boyero: 2 occurrences, 2 past producers. 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
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Lincoln County

Storms near this place

49 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Boyero in 49 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 36 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 1 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
July 2009Thunderstorm WindBoyero$25,000Intense outflow winds associated with a severe thunderstorm damaged a barn.
June 2023Flash FloodBoyero$5,000Floodwaters of unknown depth caused a single vehicle crash along U.S Highway 287 east of Boyero.
August 2025HailBoyero-The report was from mPING.
April 2025HailBoyero-The report was received through Mping.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindBoyero-From a weather station 7.7 miles northwest of BOYERO.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindBoyero-Mesonet station UP711 7.7 NW Boyero.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindBoyero-Mesonet station UP711 which is 7.7 miles northwest of Boyero.
July 2024HailBoyero-The hail accumulated 1 to 2 inches deep.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindBoyero-The mesonet station UP711 northwest of Boyero reported a 76 mph gust.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindBoyero-The wind gust was record at the weather station UP711.
July 2009Tornado (EF0)Boyero-A small tornado touched down but did no damage.
April 2007Tornado (EF0)Boyero-A small tornado touched down but did no damage.
April 2007Tornado (EF0)Boyero-A small tornado moved west into lincoln county from Cheyenne County near Highway 287.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindBoyero-Strong thunderstorm winds downed several tree limbs, up to 8 inches in diameter.
September 2002HailBoyero-Hail, up to 3 inches deep, covered State Highway 94 south of Boyero. Several drivers lost control of their vehicles and slid into ditches.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindBoyero-no account filed
July 2023HailBoyero-no account filed
July 2023HailBoyero-no account filed
July 2023HailBoyero-no account filed
July 2023HailBoyero-no account filed
July 2023HailBoyero-no account filed
August 2021HailBoyero-no account filed
June 2018HailBoyero-no account filed
October 2017HailBoyero-no account filed
July 2015HailBoyero-no account filed
June 2011HailBoyero-no account filed
June 2011HailBoyero-no account filed
July 2009HailBoyero-no account filed
May 2008HailBoyero-no account filed
May 2008HailBoyero-no account filed
June 2008HailBoyero-no account filed
June 2007HailBoyero-no account filed
May 2007HailBoyero-no account filed
May 2007HailBoyero-no account filed
May 2007HailBoyero-no account filed
May 2005HailBoyero-no account filed
June 2005HailBoyero-no account filed
August 2004HailBoyero-no account filed
September 2002HailBoyero-no account filed
June 2002HailBoyero-no account filed
June 2002HailBoyero-no account filed
June 2002HailBoyero-no account filed
July 2002HailBoyero-no account filed
April 2000HailBoyero-no account filed
April 2000HailBoyero-no account filed
July 1996HailBoyero-no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindBoyero-no account filed
July 1996HailBoyero-no account filed
July 1996HailBoyero-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lincoln 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
Clifford8.0 miles9
Wezel (historical)13.6 miles12
Hugo16.7 miles8
Karval19.9 miles13
Punkin Center23.2 miles13
Arriba23.7 miles9
Bovina24.0 miles8
Genoa25.9 miles15

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 BoyeroAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4952463The 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 195163. 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.