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Campo, Colorado

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Campo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81029. The Survey maps it on the Campo quadrangle. 103 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,344 feet above sea level.

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Campo within Baca County

Population over time

2 figures

Campo fell from 109 to 103 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
2010109
2020103-6 (-6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

28 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Campo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,517 acres in total. 8 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/undetermined13
Natural8
Equipment and vehicle use3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Debris and open burning1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1

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
17 August 2019Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestNORTH VIAERO
15 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresPike and San Isabel National ForestMURRAY DRAW
9 July 2013Natural1.2 acresPike and San Isabel National ForestPIONEER
7 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
24 July 2005Natural411 acresPike and San Isabel National ForestBURROWS DRAW
18 July 2020Natural7.9 acresPike and San Isabel National ForestUTE
17 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
17 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.7 acresColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baca 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 Campo: 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
F&G Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Baca County

Storms near this place

60 of 101 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Campo in 101 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 77 hail, 9 tornado, 8 thunderstorm wind, 4 funnel cloud. 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 2006HailCampo$50,000no account filed
May 2010Tornado (EF2)Campo$30,000A tornado moved southeast, crossing US Highway 287 south of Campo. Eight power poles were snapped off west of the highway and on County Road C. Two windmills were also hit, and a storage shed was tipped over and moved 20 feet. The tornado ended shortly before the Oklahoma state line.
June 2005Tornado (F0)Campo$5,000A tornado was seen in the vicinity of mile marker 15 on U.S. 287 and knocked down some power poles.
June 2025HailCampo-Hail up to 1 inch in diameter fell in central Baca County from a supercell thunderstorm.
June 2025HailCampo-Hail up to 2 inches in diameter fell in far western Baca County from a supercell thunderstorm.
June 2025HailCampo-Hail up to 2.75 inches in diameter fell in Baca County from a supercell thunderstorm.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindCampo-Mesonet station ucnc2 Ute Canyon measured 58 mph wind gust.
August 2025HailCampo-Hail measured to 1 inches fell in far southern Baca County.
July 2023Tornado (EF0)Campo-Brief touchdown - lasted 20 seconds.
June 2023Tornado (EF1)Campo-There was also a second damaging tornado, rated EF-1, that occurred this day on June 23, 2023. This tornado drifted across mostly open rural land across far southern Baca County east of Campo, Colorado for most of its lifespan. At a point during the middle of the tornadoes life, it impacted an abandoned farm stead, damaging two structures on the property. After hitting this property, it continued to track eastward across County Road 43, where it knocked down wooden power poles. Also at this time, the tornado passed a couple hundred yards to the north of an occupied family farm, but no damage was reported at this location. After crossing County Road 43, the tornado drifted back into open countryside and began deviating to the NNE, where it eventually dissipated near County Road 45.
July 2022Heavy RainCampo-Heavy rainfall of 1.23 inches.
August 2021Heavy RainCampo-Heavy rainfall of 3.13 inches.
July 2021Flash FloodCampo-Roads were washed out at County Road J and 40, east of Campo with approximately 3 feet of water.
June 2021HailCampo-Multiple commuters traveling south of Springfield reported baseball sized hail.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindCampo-Law Enforcement reported 6 power poles snapped in half along Highway 287, north of Campo, CO.
May 2019HailCampo-One inch hail reported 5 miles north-northeast of Campo, CO.
June 2019HailCampo-Trained spotter reported 2 inch hail.
June 2019HailCampo-Trained spotter reported nickel size hail.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindCampo-Emergency Manager relayed report of snapped power poles one-mile north of Campo, CO along Rout 287. One motorist was stranded inside their vehicle as the power lines fell on top of vehicle but not injured during the event.
May 2019HailCampo-One inch hail was reported by the public.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindCampo-Trees were downed in Campo.
May 2010Funnel CloudCampo-Rope funnel reported south of Campo.
April 2007Tornado (EF0)Campo-A supercell spawned a small tornado, which moved east-northeast across uncultivated fields. There was no known damage.
May 2006Tornado (F0)Campo-A brief tornado occurred with no known damage.
June 2004Tornado (F0)Campo-A brief tornado occurred over open country with no known damage.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindCampo-Thunderstorm wind gusts knocked 8 inch diameter tree limbs down.
June 2021HailCampo-no account filed
May 2021Thunderstorm WindCampo-no account filed
May 2017HailCampo-no account filed
May 2017HailCampo-no account filed
June 2017HailCampo-no account filed
June 2017HailCampo-no account filed
June 2017HailCampo-no account filed
June 2017HailCampo-no account filed
April 2016HailCampo-no account filed
June 2015HailCampo-no account filed
July 2015HailCampo-no account filed
June 2014Thunderstorm WindCampo-no account filed
June 2014HailCampo-no account filed
May 2013Funnel CloudCampo-no account filed
August 2013HailCampo-no account filed
April 2012HailCampo-no account filed
May 2010Funnel CloudCampo-no account filed
May 2010HailCampo-no account filed
May 2010HailCampo-no account filed
May 2010HailCampo-no account filed
May 2010HailCampo-no account filed
May 2010HailCampo-no account filed
May 2010HailCampo-no account filed
May 2010HailCampo-no account filed
July 2010HailCampo-no account filed
June 2008HailCampo-no account filed
June 2008HailCampo-no account filed
July 2008HailCampo-no account filed
August 2008HailCampo-no account filed
April 2007HailCampo-no account filed
April 2007HailCampo-no account filed
May 2007HailCampo-no account filed
June 2007HailCampo-no account filed
June 2007HailCampo-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Baca 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
Edler11.6 miles14
Liberty16.0 miles16
Kirkwell19.4 miles14
Vilas19.8 miles14
Springfield21.0 miles13
Midway21.1 miles13
Pritchett23.6 miles14
Prichett23.7 miles14

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 CampoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2303418The 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 196360. 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.