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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1902 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1950 USGS Kersey quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
69 since 2011Regional 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/undetermined | 51 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | KERSEY |
| 26 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | GREELEY |
| 18 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12,699 acres | Southeast Weld Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 5 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | KERSEY |
| 4 August 2020 | Natural | 17 acres | Galeton Fire Protection District | N/A |
| 4 August 2020 | Natural | 50 acres | Briggsdale Fire Department | N/A |
| 4 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | KERSEY |
| 13 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | KERSEY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel |
Storms near this place
24 since 1995Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gill | $30,000 | Intense 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 2025 | Hail | Gill | - | Report from mping. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gill | - | Several loose items were blown across yard. |
| May 2020 | Tornado (EF0) | Gill | - | A tornado touched down briefly in an open field. No damage was observed. |
| August 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Gill | - | A tornado touched down but no damage was observed. |
| May 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Gill | - | A small landspout touched down but did no damage. |
| July 2001 | Hail | Gill | - | 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 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Gill | - | A small landspout touched down briefly but did no damage. |
| June 1995 | Hail | Gill | - | Large hail, coupled with strong thunderstorm winds, broke numerous car and house windows in the Gill vicinity. |
| June 1995 | Hail | Gill | - | Large hail, coupled with strong thunderstorm winds, broke numerous car and house windows in the Gill vicinity. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Gill | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Gill | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Gill | - | no account filed |
| August 2023 | Hail | Gill | - | no account filed |
| September 2019 | Hail | Gill | - | no account filed |
| September 2019 | Hail | Gill | - | no account filed |
| September 2019 | Hail | Gill | - | no account filed |
| September 2019 | Hail | Gill | - | no account filed |
| September 2016 | Hail | Gill | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Gill | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Gill | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Gill | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Gill | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Tornado (F2) | Gill | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alden | 2.1 miles | 18 | |
| Matthews | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Barnesville | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Lowe | 3.9 miles | 18 | |
| Cloverly | 4.5 miles | 21 | |
| Kersey | 4.7 miles | 18 | |
| Spanish Village | 4.8 miles | 18 | |
| Galeton | 5.1 miles | 18 |
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 Gill | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5561872 | 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 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.








