Carr, Colorado
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Ault census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80612. The Survey maps it on the Carr East quadrangle. It stands 5,712 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 18 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.
- 1908 USGS Eaton quadrangle1:125000
- 1910 USGS Eaton quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Carr East quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Eaton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Carr East quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
21 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Carr between 1993 and 2018, burning about 212 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 were 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 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Nunn Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 22 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 3 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 4 July 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Weld County | not named |
| 3 July 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 27 July 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 20 June 1993 | Smoking | under an acre | Weld County | not named |
| 8 May 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Weld County | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Carr: 3 producers. All of them still produce. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
16 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carr in 16 storm reports between 1996 and 2020: 15 hail, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2000 | Hail | Carr | - | Hail, piled six inches deep in spots, fell along Interstate 25 near Carr. Several minor accidents were reported as the roadway became slick and packed with ice. Snowplows had to be called out to clear the hail off the interstate. |
| July 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Carr | - | A small landspout touched down briefly but did no damage. |
| August 1997 | Hail | Carr | - | Damaging wind and hail combined to break several windows of a home. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Carr | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Carr | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Carr | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Carr | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Carr | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Carr | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Carr | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Carr | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Carr | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Carr | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Carr | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Carr | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Carr | - | 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.
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 Carr | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5045954 | 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 169533. 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.










