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Granada, Colorado

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Granada census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81041. It stands on Wolf Creek. The Survey maps it on the Granada quadrangle. 445 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,484 feet above sea level.

Granada within Prowers County

On record in Granada

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 4 records

Population over time

2 figures

Granada fell from 517 to 445 between 2010 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
2010517
2020445-72 (-14%)

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

27 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Granada between 1994 and 2017, burning about 2,577 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 were 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
Recreation and ceremony12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Arson/incendiarism3
Debris and open burning1

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
30 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreProwers Countynot named
29 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersBRISTOL
10 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
8 August 1995Recreation and ceremony10 acresProwers Countynot named
3 July 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreProwers Countynot named
3 July 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreProwers Countynot named
27 July 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreProwers Countynot named
24 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,500 acresColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Prowers County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Granada: 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. 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
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel

Every working recorded in Prowers County

Storms near this place

60 of 67 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Granada in 67 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 41 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 9 tornado, 4 heavy rain. 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
July 1996Tornado (F0)Granada$50,000no account filed
August 2017HailGranada$20,000Wind-driven hail broke windows of vehicles and houses.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindGranada$5,000A few power lines were downed around Granada.
June 2008Tornado (EF0)Granada$5,000A tornado occurred over open country in north central Prowers County...narrowly missing ranch buildings. Some fencing was destroyed.
May 1994HailGranada$50Hail up to tennis-ball size fell south of Granada (17 miles east of Lamar), breaking a car windshield.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindGranada-A public source reported a measured wind gust of 70 kts, and snapped tree branches, down power poles, damage to side of a barn.
May 2024HailGranada-A public source via mPing, reported hail of 1 inch in diameter.
June 2023Tornado (EF3)Granada-A well documented strong and long lasting EF-3 tornado meandered across Prowers County south of Granada, Colorado, on June 23, 2023, remaining over open countryside for most of its life. Early during the tornadoes lifespan, it heavily impacted a family farm. Two wooden barns were completely destroyed, with little evidence |remaining of them other than the outline where they once stood. A metal farm outbuilding was virtually gone, with only the twisted steel beam reinforcements remaining. The primary family house was completely destroyed, with only a part of an interior wall still in place. After impacting the family home, the tornado continued to the southeast and knocked down power lines along County Road 25 before heading back into open countryside and dissipating.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindGranada-Large tree blown across both lanes of Highway 50.
March 2021Heavy RainGranada-Heavy rain of 1.50 inches.
July 2021Heavy RainGranada-Heavy rainfall of 1.34 inches, most of which occurred within 30 minutes.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindGranada-Granada station.
May 2020Tornado (EFU)Granada-Chaser reported a tornado south of Granada. Tornado was on the ground for a few minutes before lifting. No reports of damage as the tornado was over open fields.
August 2020HailGranada-Trained spotter reported large hail, the size of 1.25 inches.
August 2020HailGranada-Broadcast Media reported large hail, 2 inches.
July 2020Heavy RainGranada-Heavy rainfall of 1.5 inches fell over 35 minutes.
July 2020Heavy RainGranada-Heavy rainfall of 1.4 inches fell.
July 2018HailGranada-Two windows broken due to hail and wind. Also, widespread tree damage.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindGranada-US 50 closed near Granada due to fallen tree blocking all lanes.
April 2017Tornado (EFU)Granada-A brief landspout tornado was witnessed by a trained spotter. The tornado caused no damage from which the NWS could assign an EF-scale rating.
July 2013Tornado (EF0)Granada-The tornado occurred over open country and caused no known damage.
April 2007Tornado (EF0)Granada-Two supercells occurred in central and northern Prowers County between 4:20 p.m. and 5:40 p.m. At approximately 4:30 p.m., a funnel cloud was reported several miles southwest of Granada. At 5:25 p.m. a large, slow moving, slowly rotating tornado moving approximately three miles between ranch houses southwest of Granada. There was no known damage.
August 2007Flash FloodGranada-Heavy rain from nearly stationary thunderstorms brought ponding of water over six inches deep to the Granada area in Prowers County.
August 2004Tornado (F0)Granada-A short-lived tornado caused no known damage.
May 1997Funnel CloudGranada-A trained weather spotter saw a funnel cloud moving south toward Granada.
July 2023HailGranada-no account filed
May 2022Thunderstorm WindGranada-no account filed
June 2022HailGranada-no account filed
June 2022HailGranada-no account filed
July 2021Thunderstorm WindGranada-no account filed
July 2021Thunderstorm WindGranada-no account filed
July 2021Thunderstorm WindGranada-no account filed
May 2020HailGranada-no account filed
July 2018HailGranada-no account filed
June 2016HailGranada-no account filed
June 2015HailGranada-no account filed
June 2015HailGranada-no account filed
May 2015HailGranada-no account filed
April 2012HailGranada-no account filed
July 2009HailGranada-no account filed
June 2008HailGranada-no account filed
June 2008HailGranada-no account filed
April 2007HailGranada-no account filed
May 2006HailGranada-no account filed
June 2006HailGranada-no account filed
June 2006HailGranada-no account filed
June 2005HailGranada-no account filed
April 2004HailGranada-no account filed
June 2004HailGranada-no account filed
June 2004HailGranada-no account filed
July 2004HailGranada-no account filed
July 2002HailGranada-no account filed
May 2001HailGranada-no account filed
June 2001Thunderstorm WindGranada-no account filed
March 2000HailGranada-no account filed
April 2000HailGranada-no account filed
July 1999HailGranada-no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindGranada-no account filed
April 1999HailGranada-no account filed
July 1997HailGranada-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Prowers 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
Koen2.0 miles16
Bristol4.0 miles16
Warwick4.6 miles16
Parrish5.6 miles14
Grote5.8 miles14
Carlton6.0 miles14
Hartman6.2 miles17
Goodale7.6 miles14

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 GranadaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2274790The 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 195594. 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.