BlockClifford, Colorado
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Hugo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80821. It stands on Coon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Clifford quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS Limon quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Limon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Limon quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Clifford quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Clifford quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Limon quadrangle1:100000
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Clifford: 4 past producers, 4 occurrences. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
1 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clifford in 1 storm report in 2009: 1 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 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clifford | - | Straightline winds from a wet microburst overturned a van trailer and tore the roof off a shed. Several large tree branches were also snapped. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boyero | 8.0 miles | 12 | |
| Hugo | 8.9 miles | 8 | |
| Bovina | 16.4 miles | 8 | |
| Arriba | 17.2 miles | 9 | |
| Wezel (historical) | 17.8 miles | 12 | |
| Genoa | 18.0 miles | 15 | |
| Punkin Center | 22.8 miles | 13 | |
| Karval | 23.6 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 195152. 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.
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.