Campion, Colorado
32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Loveland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80537. The Survey maps it on the Berthoud quadrangle. It stands 5,118 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 32 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.
- 1906 USGS Loveland quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1908 USGS Loveland quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1954 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Berthoud quadrangle1:24000, 9 printings
- 1961 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Estes Park quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
328 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 328 fires within 5 miles of Campion between 1992 and 2020, burning about 78 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 1 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 | 274 |
| Smoking | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Berthoud Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 8 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Berthoud Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 5 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Loveland Fire & Rescue Department | UNKNOWN |
| 29 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Berthoud Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 29 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Berthoud Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 25 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Loveland Fire & Rescue Department | UNKNOWN |
| 24 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Loveland Fire & Rescue Department | UNKNOWN |
| 23 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Loveland Fire & Rescue Department | UNKNOWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 26 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Campion: 10 past producers, 9 producers, 6 occurrences, 1 plant. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fire Clay (Refractory), Gypsum-Anhydrite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Loveland Sugar Refinery Quarry | Calcium | Plant | ||
| Mineral Concentrates | Beryllium | Past Producer | ||
| Mountain State Mill | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Boyd Lake | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Loveland | Stone | Producer | ||
| Loveland Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| U.S.Gypsum Quarry M.Y.M. | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Unknown | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Unknown | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
15 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Campion in 15 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 10 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind. 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 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Campion | $1,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds broke tree branches. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Campion | - | Broadcast media source provided photos of flattened and shredded crops from a combination of wind and hail at a malthouse east of Campion. |
| July 2024 | Hail | Campion | - | Broadcast media source provided numerous photos of crop damage due to hail and wind at a malthouse. Significant crop loss was noted across 120 acres of distillers corn, 12 acres of trial blue corn, 300 acres of alfalfa and 70 acres of Genie barley. All of the corn and barley acreage was considered a total loss. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Campion | - | A spotter at Carter Lake, 7 miles west of Campion, registered a peak wind gust to 58 mph (50 kts). |
| July 2024 | Hail | Campion | - | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Hail | Campion | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Campion | - | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Hail | Campion | - | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Hail | Campion | - | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Hail | Campion | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Campion | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Campion | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Campion | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Campion | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Campion | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kings Corner | 2.0 miles | 28 | |
| Berthoud | 2.8 miles | 32 | |
| Berts Corner | 3.2 miles | 32 | |
| Loveland | 3.3 miles | 28 | |
| Browns Corner | 4.1 miles | 28 | |
| Kelim | 7.8 miles | 21 | |
| Redmond | 9.1 miles | 28 | |
| Little Dam | 9.2 miles | 30 |
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 Campion | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2640228 | 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 178078. 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.









