Buckeye, Colorado
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Timnath-Wellington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80549. It stands on Rawhide Creek. The Survey maps it on the Buckeye quadrangle.
On record in Buckeye
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Buckeye Schoollisted 2008 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 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.
- 1907 USGS Livermore quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1909 USGS Livermore quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Buckeye quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1961 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Fort Collins quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
12 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Buckeye between 1994 and 2019, burning about 2,327 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 | 9 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 20 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 15 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 4 July 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Larimer County | not named |
| 2 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | WELLINGTON |
| 19 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | WELLINGTON |
| 21 June 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Loveland Fire & Rescue Department | UNKNOWN |
| 28 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Wellington Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Buckeye: 7 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheep Draw Quarry | Silica | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Unknown | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Unnamed Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Limestone, General | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Unknown | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
21 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Buckeye in 21 storm reports between 2005 and 2023: 14 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2014 | Flash Flood | Buckeye | $25,000 | North and northwest of Wellington, flash flooding produced extensive field flooding. Flash flooding forced the closure of Rawhide Flats Road with extensive field flooding due to standing water on county roads. |
| August 2013 | Hail | Buckeye | - | Very large hail caused extensive damage to homes, automobiles and trees and crops. |
| July 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Buckeye | - | A tornado reportedly touched down but did no damage. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buckeye | - | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buckeye | - | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buckeye | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buckeye | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buckeye | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Buckeye | - | no account filed |
| September 2019 | Hail | Buckeye | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Buckeye | - | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Hail | Buckeye | - | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Hail | Buckeye | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Buckeye | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Buckeye | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Buckeye | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Buckeye | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Buckeye | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Buckeye | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Buckeye | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Buckeye | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rex | 5.1 miles | 19 | |
| Owl Canyon | 6.2 miles | 19 | |
| Waverly | 6.3 miles | 29 | |
| Bulger | 6.4 miles | 15 | |
| Livermore | 6.9 miles | 19 | |
| Norfolk | 8.8 miles | 17 | |
| Wellington | 9.7 miles | 29 | |
| Meyers Corner | 11.7 miles | 29 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 172460. 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.









