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Genoa, Colorado

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Limon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80818. The Survey maps it on the Genoa West quadrangle. 153 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,604 feet above sea level.

Genoa within Lincoln County

Population over time

3 figures

Genoa fell from 211 to 153 between 2000 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
2000211
2010139-72 (-34%)
2020153+14 (+10%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

1 since 2020

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Genoa in 2020, burning about 1 acre 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/undetermined1

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 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresGenoa Rural Fire DepartmentN/A

Every fire recorded in Lincoln 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 Genoa: 4 occurrences, 4 past producers. 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
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Lincoln County

Storms near this place

60 of 81 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Genoa in 81 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 55 hail, 17 tornado, 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. 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
May 1999Tornado (F3)Genoa$4,000,000no account filed
August 2015Tornado (EF1)Genoa$100,000Another tornado touched down briefly. Two two grain silos were destroyed and nearby power lines.
June 2023Flash FloodGenoa$50,000Local law enforcement reported thunderstorms with torrential rain and hail. Storm totals around Limon and Hugo ranged from 2.4 to 3.7 inches. The hail piled up several inches deep along highways 24 and 71, stranding vehicles. Floodwaters up to 2 feet deep were observe running across a roadway 3 miles south of Limon.
August 2015Tornado (EF1)Genoa$50,000A tornado touched down briefly. It destroyed an outbuilding and caused minor damage to a nearby home.
May 2015FloodGenoa$15,000Heavy rain produced widespread flooding. Several county roads were impassable.
June 1994HailGenoa$500Tennis ball size hail broke windows and damaged crops north of Genoa (10 miles east of Limon).
June 2025HailGenoa-Report from mping.
June 2025HailGenoa-Report from mping.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindGenoa-From Wunderground weather station pws-kcogenoa3.
June 2018Tornado (EF0)Genoa-A tornado touched down briefly in an open field. No damage was observed.
August 2013Tornado (EF0)Genoa-A tornado touched down briefly in an open field. No damage was reported.
April 2010Tornado (EF0)Genoa-A tornado touched down briefly but did no damage.
June 2010Tornado (EF0)Genoa-A small tornado touched down briefly but did no damage.
June 2008Tornado (EF0)Genoa-A small tornado touched down but did no damage.
June 2003Tornado (F0)Genoa-A small tornado touched down but did no damage.
June 2003Tornado (F0)Genoa-A small tornado touched down but did no damage.
June 2001Tornado (F0)Genoa-A large tornado, approximately 1/2 mile wide, touched down briefly. The tornado took out about 200 yards of fencing and windbreaks. One windmill was destroyed and a corn crop was damaged.
August 1999Flash FloodGenoa-The Arickaree River in northeastern Lincoln County near Genoa jumped its banks as thunderstorms with heavy rainshowers moved through the area. Roads were closed, including Interstate 70, around Genoa until the floodwaters safely subsided.
June 1994Tornado (F0)Genoa-Spotters reported three brief tornado touchdowns in open fields west and south of Genoa (10 miles east of Limon). No damage or injuries were reported.
June 1994Tornado (F0)Genoa-Spotters reported three brief tornado touchdowns in open fields west and south of Genoa (10 miles east of Limon). No damage or injuries were reported.
June 1994Tornado (F0)Genoa-Spotters reported three brief tornado touchdowns in open fields west and south of Genoa (10 miles east of Limon). No damage or injuries were reported.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindGenoa-Tennis ball size hail broke windows and damaged crops north of Genoa (10 miles east of Limon).
August 2025HailGenoa-no account filed
August 2025HailGenoa-no account filed
June 2023HailGenoa-no account filed
August 2020HailGenoa-no account filed
August 2020HailGenoa-no account filed
July 2020HailGenoa-no account filed
May 2018HailGenoa-no account filed
July 2017HailGenoa-no account filed
July 2017HailGenoa-no account filed
June 2016Thunderstorm WindGenoa-no account filed
June 2015HailGenoa-no account filed
August 2015Thunderstorm WindGenoa-no account filed
August 2011HailGenoa-no account filed
June 2011HailGenoa-no account filed
June 2011HailGenoa-no account filed
June 2011HailGenoa-no account filed
July 2010HailGenoa-no account filed
June 2009HailGenoa-no account filed
September 2009HailGenoa-no account filed
June 2008HailGenoa-no account filed
June 2008HailGenoa-no account filed
June 2008HailGenoa-no account filed
August 2008HailGenoa-no account filed
May 2007HailGenoa-no account filed
May 2007HailGenoa-no account filed
May 2006HailGenoa-no account filed
May 2006HailGenoa-no account filed
July 2006Thunderstorm WindGenoa-no account filed
June 2005HailGenoa-no account filed
June 2005HailGenoa-no account filed
June 2005HailGenoa-no account filed
June 2005HailGenoa-no account filed
June 2005HailGenoa-no account filed
August 2004HailGenoa-no account filed
August 2004HailGenoa-no account filed
August 2004HailGenoa-no account filed
June 2003HailGenoa-no account filed
August 2002HailGenoa-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lincoln 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
Bovina6.1 miles8
Hugo9.9 miles8
Limon10.2 miles15
Arriba11.9 miles9
Clifford18.0 miles9
Shaw20.2 miles8
Boyero25.9 miles12
Punkin Center31.3 miles13

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 GenoaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1962428The 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 203757. 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.