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Eckley, Colorado

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Yuma census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80727. The Survey maps it on the Eckley quadrangle. 232 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,907 feet above sea level.

Eckley within Yuma County

On record in Eckley

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Eckley fell from 257 to 232 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
2010257
2020232-25 (-10%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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

5 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Eckley between 2003 and 2020, burning about 18 acres 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/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
15 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreYuma Volunteer Fire Department (Yuma Rural Fire Protection District)UNKNOWN
6 July 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresEckley Volunteer Fire DepartmentN/A
6 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined14 acresYuma CountyIA 374
30 May 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
17 March 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersWRAY

Every fire recorded in Yuma County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Eckley: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSedimentary
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Yuma County

Storms near this place

60 of 79 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eckley in 79 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 63 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2008Thunderstorm WindEckley$36,250An irrigation sprinkler was overturned, six power poles were down and large trees were reported toppled.
August 1996HailEckley$200no account filed
August 2025HailEckley-Measured 2.25 inch hail from the public.
June 2024HailEckley-Nickel to quarter sized hail reported.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindEckley-Estimated 50-60 MPH gusts as storm moved through.
August 2024HailEckley-Road covered in nickel sized hail. Near intersection of CR T and 44.
August 2024HailEckley-Penny sized hail reported near CR 46 and S intersection.
August 2024HailEckley-Hail around 1.5 inches in diameter reported near CR T and 41.
May 2024HailEckley-Report from MPing of hail from 1-2.5 inches.
May 2024HailEckley-Trained spotter reports nickel sized hail.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindEckley-Trained spotter estimates 75 MPH winds with Nickel sized hail.
June 2023HailEckley-Report with photos of 2 inch hail in Eckley, CO.
June 2023HailEckley-Report of golf ball sized hail for about a minute followed by 5 minutes of nickel to ping pong ball sized hail 8 miles south of Eckley, CO.
June 2022HailEckley-A large amount of dime to penny sized hail, but not enough to cover the ground, fell for a duration of nine minutes.
August 2019HailEckley-Hail reportedly ranged from nickel to quarter size. Approximately 60 mph wind gusts were also reported at this time and location.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindEckley-Approximately 60 mph winds were estimated by a trained spotter about 5 miles south of Eckley. In addition, nickel to quarter size hail was also observed at this location at this time.
July 2018HailEckley-The hail ranged from dime to quarter in size.
May 2016Tornado (EF0)Eckley-Tornado located west of CR W and CR 43. Due to the tornado being the the rural part of the county, no damage was reported.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindEckley-Delayed report received from BNSF railroad insurance agent. Twenty railroad cars (6 box cars, 14 container cars carrying double-stacked trailers) were blown off the tracks from a thunderstorm downburst around 445 pm MDT. All cars were laying to the north. No damage was reported in Eckley, just east of the incident. Train was parked at the time. No mesonet data; peak wind is an estimate.
June 2010HailEckley-Hail damaged an area roughly 14 miles long by 5 miles wide, resulting in partial to complete damage of corn, wheat and bean crops.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindEckley-Seven power poles broken between roads 51, 52 and along Road S in northern Yuma county 12 miles north of Eckley. Irrigation pivot also overturned. Doppler radar indicated possible stright-line wind event.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindEckley-This report was relayed via the NSSL SHAVE project.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindEckley-Four utility poles downed and a large grain bin pushed over.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindEckley-Three-inch diameter tree limbs broken off.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindEckley-Power outages were reported across the area.
July 2005HailEckley-Nickel and dime size hail covered the ground.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindEckley-Wind estimated at 60 mph or greater brought down limbs 3 to 4 inches in diameter.
August 2018HailEckley-no account filed
May 2016HailEckley-no account filed
May 2013HailEckley-no account filed
June 2010HailEckley-no account filed
July 2009HailEckley-no account filed
July 2009HailEckley-no account filed
August 2009HailEckley-no account filed
August 2009HailEckley-no account filed
June 2008HailEckley-no account filed
July 2008HailEckley-no account filed
May 2008HailEckley-no account filed
May 2008HailEckley-no account filed
June 2006HailEckley-no account filed
July 2006HailEckley-no account filed
July 2006HailEckley-no account filed
April 2005HailEckley-no account filed
April 2005HailEckley-no account filed
April 2005HailEckley-no account filed
April 2005HailEckley-no account filed
June 2005HailEckley-no account filed
June 2005HailEckley-no account filed
May 2005HailEckley-no account filed
July 2005HailEckley-no account filed
August 2005HailEckley-no account filed
June 2004HailEckley-no account filed
September 2004HailEckley-no account filed
August 2004HailEckley-no account filed
April 2003HailEckley-no account filed
June 2003HailEckley-no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindEckley-no account filed
August 2002HailEckley-no account filed
August 2002HailEckley-no account filed
August 2001HailEckley-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Yuma 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
Schramm6.1 miles8
Robb6.3 miles7
Heartstrong12.4 miles8
Yuma12.4 miles9
Wray14.4 miles9
Vernon14.8 miles8
Wauneta17.6 miles8
Laird20.6 miles9

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 EckleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2425026The 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 183026. 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.