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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.

Galeton within Weld County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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

32 since 2010

Regional 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/undetermined18
Smoking5
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Arson/incendiarism2

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
23 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersGALETON
5 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAult-Pierce Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
4 August 2020Natural17 acresGaleton Fire Protection DistrictN/A
4 August 2020Natural50 acresBriggsdale Fire DepartmentN/A
4 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersEATON
25 July 2018Smokingunder an acreGaleton Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
25 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersGILL
20 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAult-Pierce Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Weld County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Weld County

Storms near this place

21 since 1996

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2009Thunderstorm WindGaleton$1,000Intense thunderstorm winds destroyed a small shed.
March 2019Tornado (EF0)Galeton-A tornado touched down briefly and caused minor damage.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindGaleton-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 2010HailGaleton-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 2022HailGaleton-no account filed
June 2020Thunderstorm WindGaleton-no account filed
August 2020HailGaleton-no account filed
September 2019HailGaleton-no account filed
August 2019HailGaleton-no account filed
August 2019HailGaleton-no account filed
August 2019HailGaleton-no account filed
July 2016HailGaleton-no account filed
July 2016HailGaleton-no account filed
July 2015HailGaleton-no account filed
June 2013HailGaleton-no account filed
July 2007HailGaleton-no account filed
September 2004HailGaleton-no account filed
August 2004HailGaleton-no account filed
June 2002HailGaleton-no account filed
July 1996HailGaleton-no account filed
July 1996HailGaleton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Weld 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
Lowe2.0 miles18
Alden4.4 miles18
Cloverly4.9 miles21
Gill5.1 miles18
Matthews5.5 miles14
Barnesville6.3 miles14
Lucerne6.6 miles21
Eaton6.7 miles18

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 GaletonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5518502The 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.