BlockGary, Colorado
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Brush census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80723. The Survey maps it on the Gary 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
- 1965 USGS Gary quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Fort Morgan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Gary between 2018 and 2020, burning about 105 acres in total. 1 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 | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2020 | Natural | 100 acres | Morgan County | COUNTY ROAD F |
| 2 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Hillrose-Snyder Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
Storms near this place
16 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gary in 16 storm reports between 2017 and 2025: 12 hail, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2023 | Tornado (EF1) | Gary | $500,000 | A tornado touched down east of Woodrow and tracked north-northeast across Morgan County. The tornado struck a sturdy residence; it uplifted and removed the roof from the home which exposed portions of the second floor. The tornado also damaged the roof of a nearby barn, destroyed to small storage sheds and uprooted some trees on the property. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Gary | - | Mping public report. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Gary | - | Windshield destroyed. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Gary | - | Mping public report. |
| May 2021 | Tornado (EF0) | Gary | - | A tornado touched down briefly in open country. No damage was observed. |
| July 2021 | Tornado (EF0) | Gary | - | A landspout touched down briefly in an open field. No damage was observed. |
| July 2018 | Tornado (EF2) | Gary | - | A tornado touched down and snapped power poles and ripped street signs from the ground. This tornado crossed into Washington County before it dissipated. |
| August 2025 | Hail | Gary | - | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Hail | Gary | - | no account filed |
| May 2023 | Hail | Gary | - | no account filed |
| May 2023 | Hail | Gary | - | no account filed |
| May 2023 | Hail | Gary | - | no account filed |
| May 2023 | Hail | Gary | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Gary | - | no account filed |
| April 2021 | Hail | Gary | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Gary | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twelvemile Corner | 11.0 miles | 8 | |
| Ninemile Corner | 11.4 miles | 8 | |
| Brush | 12.9 miles | 11 | |
| Nelson | 13.0 miles | 11 | |
| Lodi | 13.8 miles | 11 | |
| Moseley | 15.0 miles | 8 | |
| Camden | 16.0 miles | 11 | |
| Dodd | 16.1 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 183011. 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.
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.