Dailey, Colorado
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Fleming census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80728. The Survey maps it on the Haxtun West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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 Sterling quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Sterling quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Haxtun West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Julesburg quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Dailey between 2017 and 2020, burning under an acre in total. None 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/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fleming Fire Department | N/A |
| 5 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Haxtun Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Dailey: 2 unknowns, 1 occurrence, 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.
Storms near this place
33 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dailey in 33 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 26 hail, 4 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 2000 | Tornado (F3) | Dailey | 2 hurt, $750,000 | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Dailey | $15,000 | Several windows were broken and some poultry killed. |
| July 2025 | Hail | Dailey | - | Accumulating hail. Storm chaser reports of several inches of hail accumulated on the roads southwest of Haxtun. Larger stones were just under quarter size 30 minutes after the large hail fell. Time estimated by radar. |
| August 2017 | Hail | Dailey | - | Extensive crop damage observed as hail piled up to 4 inches in depth. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dailey | - | Strong winds downed branches two to three inches in diameter. |
| July 2025 | Hail | Dailey | - | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Hail | Dailey | - | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Hail | Dailey | - | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Hail | Dailey | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dailey | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Dailey | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Dailey | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Dailey | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Dailey | - | no account filed |
| September 2019 | Hail | Dailey | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Dailey | - | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Hail | Dailey | - | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dailey | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Dailey | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Dailey | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Dailey | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Dailey | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Dailey | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Dailey | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Dailey | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Dailey | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Dailey | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Dailey | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Dailey | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Dailey | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Dailey | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Dailey | - | no account filed |
| September 1999 | Hail | Dailey | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 182772. 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.



