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Goodrich, Colorado

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Weldona census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80653. The Survey maps it on the Orchard quadrangle. It stands 4,383 feet above sea level.

Goodrich within Morgan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Goodrich in 2016, burning under an 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
23 March 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDenver CountyUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Morgan County

Storms near this place

25 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Goodrich in 25 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 17 hail, 5 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 2015FloodGoodrich$500,000The combination of saturating rains in the first part of May, and the May 8th and 9th heavy rain storms, produced more water than the creeks and drainages could handle. Flooding due to rain water started to move east through the county washing over county roads, both dirt and pavement).The southwest and northeast portions of the county were greatly affected and the majority of roads in these areas we impassable by vehicle due to water either running over the roads or water cutting trenches through the road. County roads throughout Morgan County were inundated by floodwaters. Some parts of the county received at least 10 inches of rainfall over a two week period.
June 2014Flash FloodGoodrich$10,000A wet microburst produced a flash flood. Up to 8 inches of water was observed running across Morgan County Road BB, about one half mile west of Colorado State Highway 52. Flooding along Wildcat Creek inundated nearby low lying areas.
June 2019HailGoodrich-The hail accumulated up to 2 inches deep on the roadway.
May 2018Tornado (EF0)Goodrich-A tornado touched down briefly and produced minor crop damage.
May 2018Tornado (EF0)Goodrich-A tornado touched down briefly near County Road U and lifted near County Road 9. Minor crop and property damage were observed.
May 2016Tornado (EF0)Goodrich-A tornado touched down briefly in open country. No damage was observed.
June 2014Tornado (EF0)Goodrich-A tornado touched down briefly in an open field; no damage was observed.
August 2011HailGoodrich-Extensive crop damage was reported.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindGoodrich-Intense thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree.
June 2004Tornado (F0)Goodrich-A small tornado touched down in open country but did no damage.
July 2025HailGoodrich-no account filed
May 2021HailGoodrich-no account filed
May 2018HailGoodrich-no account filed
August 2015HailGoodrich-no account filed
August 2015HailGoodrich-no account filed
August 2015HailGoodrich-no account filed
August 2009HailGoodrich-no account filed
April 2007HailGoodrich-no account filed
June 2007HailGoodrich-no account filed
July 2005HailGoodrich-no account filed
August 2004HailGoodrich-no account filed
June 2003HailGoodrich-no account filed
July 2000HailGoodrich-no account filed
May 1999HailGoodrich-no account filed
June 1995HailGoodrich-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Morgan 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
Orchard3.3 miles16
Weldona4.9 miles11
Wiggins8.3 miles16
Log Lane Village13.5 miles10
Lamb13.5 miles8
Fort Morgan15.5 miles10
Hurley16.8 miles10
Moseley17.8 miles8

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 GoodrichAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q15221864The 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 180769. 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.