Galeton, Colorado
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Kersey-Gill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80615. The Survey maps it on the Galeton quadrangle. It stands 4,770 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
- 1960 USGS Galeton quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Eaton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Galeton quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
32 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Galeton between 2010 and 2020, burning about 120 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 2 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 | 18 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | GALETON |
| 5 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ault-Pierce Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 4 August 2020 | Natural | 17 acres | Galeton Fire Protection District | N/A |
| 4 August 2020 | Natural | 50 acres | Briggsdale Fire Department | N/A |
| 4 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | EATON |
| 25 July 2018 | Smoking | under an acre | Galeton Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 25 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | GILL |
| 20 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ault-Pierce Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Galeton: 1 producer. 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 |
Storms near this place
21 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Galeton in 21 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 17 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Galeton | $1,000 | Intense thunderstorm winds destroyed a small shed. |
| March 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Galeton | - | A tornado touched down briefly and caused minor damage. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Galeton | - | Microburst winds downed a large tree near Galeton. The tree fell near the intersection of Colorado 392 and Weld County Road 51, blocking traffic for a short time. |
| August 2010 | Hail | Galeton | - | County Road 51, between State Highway 392 and County Road 74,was inundated with 6 to 8 inches of water. A trained spotter measured 2.53 inches of rain near this location. |
| July 2022 | Hail | Galeton | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Galeton | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Hail | Galeton | - | no account filed |
| September 2019 | Hail | Galeton | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Galeton | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Galeton | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Galeton | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Galeton | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Galeton | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Hail | Galeton | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Galeton | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Galeton | - | no account filed |
| September 2004 | Hail | Galeton | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Galeton | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Galeton | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Galeton | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Galeton | - | 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 Galeton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5518502 | 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 204692. 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.










