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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.

Buckeye within Larimer County

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

12 since 1994

Regional 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/undetermined9
Smoking1
Debris and open burning1
Natural1

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
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
20 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
15 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
4 July 1994Naturalunder an acreLarimer Countynot named
2 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersWELLINGTON
19 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersWELLINGTON
21 June 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLoveland Fire & Rescue DepartmentUNKNOWN
28 April 2018Debris and open burning5.0 acresWellington Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Larimer County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Sheep Draw QuarrySilicaProducer
UnknownGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrenceSedimentary
UnknownFire Clay (Refractory)OccurrenceSedimentary
Unnamed PitClayProducer
UnknownLimestone, GeneralOccurrenceSedimentary
UnknownLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Larimer County

Storms near this place

21 since 2005

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2014Flash FloodBuckeye$25,000North 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 2013HailBuckeye-Very large hail caused extensive damage to homes, automobiles and trees and crops.
July 2005Tornado (F0)Buckeye-A tornado reportedly touched down but did no damage.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindBuckeye-no account filed
July 2022Thunderstorm WindBuckeye-no account filed
August 2021Thunderstorm WindBuckeye-no account filed
July 2020Thunderstorm WindBuckeye-no account filed
July 2020Thunderstorm WindBuckeye-no account filed
July 2020HailBuckeye-no account filed
September 2019HailBuckeye-no account filed
August 2019HailBuckeye-no account filed
August 2018HailBuckeye-no account filed
August 2018HailBuckeye-no account filed
July 2016HailBuckeye-no account filed
June 2015HailBuckeye-no account filed
August 2013HailBuckeye-no account filed
June 2009HailBuckeye-no account filed
June 2009HailBuckeye-no account filed
June 2009HailBuckeye-no account filed
July 2007HailBuckeye-no account filed
July 2007HailBuckeye-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Larimer 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
Rex5.1 miles19
Owl Canyon6.2 miles19
Waverly6.3 miles29
Bulger6.4 miles15
Livermore6.9 miles19
Norfolk8.8 miles17
Wellington9.7 miles29
Meyers Corner11.7 miles29

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.