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Byers, Colorado

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the East Arapahoe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80103. The Survey maps it on the Byers quadrangle. 1,322 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,203 feet above sea level.

Byers within Arapahoe County

Population over time

2 figures

Byers grew from 1,160 to 1,322 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
20101,160
20201,322+162 (+14%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 16 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

57 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Byers between 2011 and 2020, burning about 2,467 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/undetermined43
Equipment and vehicle use8
Debris and open burning3
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
24 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreByers Volunteer Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
31 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersBYERS
29 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersSTRASBURG
28 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersBYERS
24 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersBENNETT
22 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersBYERS
21 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,800 acresColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersBYERS
16 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreByers Volunteer Fire DepartmentN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Arapahoe County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Byers: 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Arapahoe County

Storms near this place

60 of 119 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Byers in 119 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 74 hail, 22 thunderstorm wind, 17 tornado, 5 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
June 2012HailByers$161,100,000no account filed
June 2012Flash FloodByers$50,000Flash flooding forced the closure of Quincy Road; South Gun Club Road, between East Exposition Avenue and East Alameda Avenue; South Picadilly Road, between State Highway 30 and East 6th Avenue; and County Road 50, between Delbert Road and County Road 17.
July 2010Flash FloodByers$10,000Heavy rain caused flash flooding near Interstate 70 at Byers. Two feet of water was observed moving across the exit ramp. One car was washed into a tree but no one was injured.
July 1998Tornado (F1)Byers$10,000A tornado touched down and partially lifted a wood and metal barn off its foundation. As a result one third of the structure was destroyed. A large garage door to the main house was also buckled. A neighbour who lived just north of the farmstead measured a peak wind gust to 71 mph (62 kts).
July 2008HailByers$5,000no account filed
June 2023Thunderstorm WindByers$4,000Intense thunderstorm winds snapped a power pole.
July 2023FloodByers-Heavy rainfall flooded the underpass along Highway 36 with up to 3 feet of standing water. Traffic was diverted away from the underpass until the water receded.
May 2021Tornado (EF0)Byers-A tornado touched down briefly in open country. No damage was observed.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindByers-Thunderstorm winds snapped large tree branches, up to 4 inches in diameter.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindByers-Intense downburst winds snapped a power pole near the interchange of Interstate 70 and US 36.
June 2017Tornado (EF0)Byers-A weak landspout touched down briefly and tossed around some lawn furniture.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindByers-Intense straight-line winds flattened a greenhouse.
June 2014Tornado (EF0)Byers-A tornado touched down briefly in an open field. No damage was reported.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindByers-Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines.
May 2014Tornado (EF0)Byers-A tornado touched down for a few minutes. No damage was observed.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindByers-Intense thunderstorm winds partially peeled aluminum siding and some roofing material off of some storage sheds. Several trees also suffered minor damage.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindByers-Severe thunderstorm winds caused considerable roof damage to several homes.
July 2011Tornado (EF0)Byers-A small landspout touched down but did no damage.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindByers-Damaging thunderstorm winds knocked over a 20 to 40-ft section of a barn and uprooted several trees.
July 2009HailByers-Large hail caused extensive damage to a wheat field.
April 2007Tornado (EF0)Byers-A small tornado touched down but did no damage.
July 2006Tornado (F0)Byers-A small tornado touched down but did no damage.
August 2006Tornado (F0)Byers-A tornado touched down but did no damage.
July 2005Tornado (F0)Byers-A tornado touched down briefly in open country but did no damage.
June 2000Tornado (F0)Byers-A small tornado touched briefly but did no damage.
July 1998Tornado (F0)Byers-A small landspout touched down but did no damage.
July 1998Flash FloodByers-Heavy rain flooded some local arroyos as they swelled to 5 feet in depth. Some cattle were caught in the high water and carried downstream.
August 1997Flash FloodByers-Intense thunderstorm winds, accompanied by very heavy rain, damaged a barn and snapped several trees. In addition, flooding and flash flooding was reported along several county roads as 2.5 inches of rain fell in the area.
June 1997Flash FloodByers-Heavy rain and hail caused Little Comanche Creek to overflow its banks. The areal extent of the flooding was roughly 50 feet wide and 1 mile long. One homeowner had hail drifting to 5 feet high as it washed into his yard. A flat bed trailer he owned was carried 1/2 mile downstream.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindByers-no account filed
August 2024Thunderstorm WindByers-no account filed
May 2023HailByers-no account filed
May 2023HailByers-no account filed
May 2023HailByers-no account filed
July 2022HailByers-no account filed
July 2022HailByers-no account filed
June 2022HailByers-no account filed
August 2020HailByers-no account filed
August 2020HailByers-no account filed
June 2019HailByers-no account filed
August 2019HailByers-no account filed
August 2018HailByers-no account filed
July 2018HailByers-no account filed
July 2018HailByers-no account filed
June 2017Thunderstorm WindByers-no account filed
May 2016HailByers-no account filed
May 2016HailByers-no account filed
June 2015HailByers-no account filed
June 2015HailByers-no account filed
June 2015HailByers-no account filed
June 2015HailByers-no account filed
June 2015HailByers-no account filed
June 2015HailByers-no account filed
May 2014HailByers-no account filed
July 2013Thunderstorm WindByers-no account filed
March 2013Thunderstorm WindByers-no account filed
June 2013HailByers-no account filed
June 2013HailByers-no account filed
June 2012HailByers-no account filed
June 2011Thunderstorm WindByers-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Arapahoe 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
Peoria6.4 miles15
Deer Trail11.8 miles15
Thunderbird Estates25.5 miles23
Cross Creek25.5 miles23
Gun Club Estates25.7 miles23
Dove Hill26.4 miles24
East Quincy Highlands27.1 miles23
Spring Creek Meadows27.9 miles23

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 ByersAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q693709The 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 204739. 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.