Evans, Colorado
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Greeley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80620. The Survey maps it on the Greeley quadrangle. 22,165 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,652 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresEvans grew from 18,537 to 22,165 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 18,537 | |
| 2020 | 22,165 | +3,628 (+20%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 21 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.
- 1902 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1950 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:24000, 8 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
- 1982 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
464 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 464 fires within 5 miles of Evans between 2010 and 2020, burning about 109 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 20 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 | 388 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Smoking | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Fireworks | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | N/A |
| 7 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Evans Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Evans Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 6 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | GREELEY |
| 4 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | N/A |
| 4 September 2014 | Smoking | under an acre | Evans Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | GREELEY |
| 30 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | GREELEY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 24 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Evans: 13 producers, 11 occurrences. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fire Clay (Refractory), Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Western Sugar Co | Iron | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Unknown | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Unknown | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| 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
23 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Evans in 23 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 19 hail, 2 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. The reports record 1 death. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2009 | Lightning | Evans | 1 killed | A man was killed by lightning while crossing an open field. The victim was struck behind the right ear; the bolt then exited out both of his ankles. |
| July 2025 | Flood | Evans | - | Photo of street flooding at US-34/11th Ave in Greeley. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evans | - | Thunderstorm winds snapped large tree branches, up to 12 inches in diameter. |
| July 2004 | Lightning | Evans | - | Lightning struck a home under construction. The bolt shattered some dry wall, broke a smoke detector, blew out some wall sockets, and sparked a small fire. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Evans | - | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Hail | Evans | - | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Hail | Evans | - | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Hail | Evans | - | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Hail | Evans | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Hail | Evans | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Evans | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Evans | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Evans | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Evans | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Evans | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Evans | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Evans | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Evans | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Evans | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Evans | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Evans | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Evans | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Hail | Evans | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rosedale | 0.7 miles | 21 | |
| Garden City | 1.2 miles | 21 | |
| East La Salle | 1.6 miles | 18 | |
| La Salle | 2.0 miles | 18 | |
| Jackson Field | 2.1 miles | 21 | |
| Auburn | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| Greeley | 3.4 miles | 21 | |
| Hambert | 4.9 miles | 18 |
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 Evans | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1948681 | 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 202732. 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.








