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Gill, Colorado

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Kersey-Gill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80624. It stands on Owl Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kersey quadrangle. It stands 4,685 feet above sea level.

Gill within Weld County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

69 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Gill between 2011 and 2020, burning about 12,835 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined51
Smoking8
Debris and open burning4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
29 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersKERSEY
26 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersGREELEY
18 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined12,699 acresSoutheast Weld Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
5 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersKERSEY
4 August 2020Natural17 acresGaleton Fire Protection DistrictN/A
4 August 2020Natural50 acresBriggsdale Fire DepartmentN/A
4 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersKERSEY
13 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersKERSEY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Weld County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Gill: 5 occurrences, 4 producers. 4 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
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel

Every working recorded in Weld County

Storms near this place

24 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gill in 24 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 17 hail, 5 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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
June 2011Thunderstorm WindGill$30,000Intense microburst winds caused significant damage to a barn and farmhouse. The wind tore the roof off the barn, throwing large pieces of sheet metal across a nearby road. It may have also lifted the roof off the farmhouse and set it back down.
June 2025HailGill-Report from mping.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindGill-Several loose items were blown across yard.
May 2020Tornado (EF0)Gill-A tornado touched down briefly in an open field. No damage was observed.
August 2015Tornado (EF0)Gill-A tornado touched down but no damage was observed.
May 2008Tornado (EF0)Gill-A small landspout touched down but did no damage.
July 2001HailGill-Large hail and strong winds destroyed 70 acres of corn and 5 acres of pumpkins near Gill. In addition, fencing, some small sheds and a field sprinkler were either damaged or destroyed.
July 1998Tornado (F0)Gill-A small landspout touched down briefly but did no damage.
June 1995HailGill-Large hail, coupled with strong thunderstorm winds, broke numerous car and house windows in the Gill vicinity.
June 1995HailGill-Large hail, coupled with strong thunderstorm winds, broke numerous car and house windows in the Gill vicinity.
April 2025HailGill-no account filed
July 2023HailGill-no account filed
July 2023HailGill-no account filed
August 2023HailGill-no account filed
September 2019HailGill-no account filed
September 2019HailGill-no account filed
September 2019HailGill-no account filed
September 2019HailGill-no account filed
September 2016HailGill-no account filed
July 2016HailGill-no account filed
June 2009HailGill-no account filed
June 2009HailGill-no account filed
July 2005HailGill-no account filed
July 1996Tornado (F2)Gill-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
Alden2.1 miles18
Matthews2.9 miles14
Barnesville3.7 miles14
Lowe3.9 miles18
Cloverly4.5 miles21
Kersey4.7 miles18
Spanish Village4.8 miles18
Galeton5.1 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 GillAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5561872The 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 180652. 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.