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Greeley, Colorado

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Greeley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80631. The Survey maps it on the Greeley quadrangle. 108,795 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,659 feet above sea level.

Greeley within Weld County

On record in Greeley

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 12 of 17 shown

Every listing in Weld County

Population over time

2 figures

Greeley grew from 92,889 to 108,795 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
201092,889
2020108,795+15,906 (+17%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 21 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.

What the histories say of this town

60,567 words

1 chapter about Greeley from the published histories of the county, public domain and reproduced complete.

ChapterFrom Length
The Union Colony at Greeley, Colorado, 1869-1871The Union Colony at Greeley, Colorado, 1869-1871 (1918)60,567 words in 4 parts

Fires near this place

495 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 495 fires within 5 miles of Greeley between 2008 and 2020, burning about 405 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 20 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined413
Smoking20
Arson/incendiarism20
Equipment and vehicle use9
Recreation and ceremony8
Fireworks7
Debris and open burning6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersN/A
7 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreEvans Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreEvans Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersGREELEY
6 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersGREELEY
4 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersN/A
4 September 2014Smokingunder an acreEvans Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersGREELEY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Weld County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 33 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 33 workings within 5 miles of Greeley: 16 occurrences, 14 producers, 3 past producers. 14 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fire Clay (Refractory), Iron. 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
Great Western Sugar CoIronProducer
UnknownFire Clay (Refractory)OccurrenceSedimentary
UnknownFire Clay (Refractory)OccurrenceSedimentary
UnknownFire Clay (Refractory)OccurrenceSedimentary
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Weld County

Storms near this place

60 of 139 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Greeley in 139 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 102 hail, 20 thunderstorm wind, 9 lightning, 3 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2009LightningGreeley1 hurtA 41-yr old man was injured when he was struck by lightning on a golf course in Greeley. He was was struck on the 13th hole and suffered burns to his body, but was alert and concious when paramedics arrived.
May 2024FloodGreeley$3,400,000Multiple road closures occurred downtown Greeley due to flooding. These included 9th and 10th streets between 10th avenue and 14th avenue, 11th avenue from 8th street to 11th street, and 8th avenue from 10th street to 12th street. As of June 10th, 279 personal properties and businesses have been included in the report (disaster declaration), as well as 77 government buildings and public infrastructure, totaling approximately $3.4 million in damages from the storm.
June 1997HailGreeley$3,100,000Large hail, up to golfball size, hammered the Greeley area causing extensive damage. Estimates included $2.25 million to homes with another $840,000 in automobile claims.
July 2001HailGreeley$2,000,000Heavy rain, large hail and intense thunderstorm winds occurred in Greeley and vicinity. At least 50 trees were knocked down damaging cars and homes. Scattered power outages affected approximately 10,000 homes and businesses. A 341-ft radio tower was also blown down, knocking a local radio station off the air. In central Greeley, 10 garden level apartments were flooded at the Brentwood apartment complex. Extensive crop damage was reported in La Salle, Greeley, Milliken and Platteville. Approximately 20-30 percent of the crops in the area were damaged.
May 1997HailGreeley$2,000,000no account filed
July 2001Flash FloodGreeley$600,000Anywhere from 3 to 5 inches of rainfall reportedly fell in the Greeley area in less the 2 hours. As a result, several roads were inundated with up to 2 feet of water and many basements of homes and businesses were flooded. In the basement of Greeley City Hall, several boxes of documents dating back to the 1800's were drenched in the floodwaters. The roof of a local business collapsed during the deluge. Approximately 2300 homes and businesses in town suffered electrical outages.
July 2021Flash FloodGreeley$50,000Heavy rain produced flash flooding in Greeley. The fire department had to close several streets and conduct multiple rescues.
June 1996Thunderstorm WindGreeley$50,000no account filed
June 1996LightningGreeley$50,000no account filed
July 2001LightningGreeley$40,000Lightning sparked a fire to a Greeley residence.
May 2000LightningGreeley$28,000Lightning ignited a fire in the attic of a mobile home in Greeley. The damage to the home was contained mainly to the attic, but there was some minor smoke and water damage throughout the rest of the residence.
August 2000LightningGreeley$25,000Lightning struck a home, damaging the attic. Scattered power outages were also reported throughout Greeley. In addition, heavy rain that accompanied the thunderstorms caused minor street flooding in and around the city.
August 2016HailGreeley$15,000Large hail dented cars, damaged shingles and broke windows.
June 1996Thunderstorm WindGreeley$13,000no account filed
May 2017LightningGreeley$5,000Windsor-Severance Fire Protection District had multiple reports of lightning strikes, including one that hit near Windsor Middle School and set off the school's fire alarms.
May 1994Thunderstorm WindGreeley$500Severe thunderstorm winds rumbled across portions of the northern foothills and the northeast plains. The storms produced wind gusts averaging 65 mph and hail up to dime size. Wind gusts to 77 mph (67 knots) were reported in Brighton at 640 pm and Platteville at 725 pm. Numerous trees and power poles were downed by the winds. One power pole fell onto spectators at a high school graduation ceremony in Commerce City (7 miles northeast of Denver), injuring 6 people. In Greeley, the winds blew over 100 feet of wrought iron fence, which was anchored in concrete. Trees fell onto a home and a bank in Greeley. In Fort Lupton, trees fell onto two parked cars, knocking out the windshields. Lightning struck and injured a man in Loveland (12 miles south southeast of Fort Collins), while he was working on his car.
May 1994Thunderstorm WindGreeley$500Severe thunderstorm winds rumbled across portions of the northern foothills and the northeast plains. The storms produced wind gusts averaging 65 mph and hail up to dime size. Wind gusts to 77 mph (67 knots) were reported in Brighton at 640 pm and Platteville at 725 pm. Numerous trees and power poles were downed by the winds. One power pole fell onto spectators at a high school graduation ceremony in Commerce City (7 miles northeast of Denver), injuring 6 people. In Greeley, the winds blew over 100 feet of wrought iron fence, which was anchored in concrete. Trees fell onto a home and a bank in Greeley. In Fort Lupton, trees fell onto two parked cars, knocking out the windshields. Lightning struck and injured a man in Loveland (12 miles south southeast of Fort Collins), while he was working on his car.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindGreeley$500Thunderstorm winds, gusting to 74 mph (61 knots), knocked down power poles and broke tree limbs in Greeley, which disrupted power for four hours.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindGreeley-Straight-line winds downed a large tree limb at the University of Northern Colorado. Power lines were also downed in northeast Greeley.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindGreeley-Damaging microburst winds uprooted some trees.
August 2009HailGreeley-Large hail broke out skylights in several recreational vehicles at an RV and trailer park in Greeley. Vehicles in several car dealerships in Greeley were damaged as well. The combination of heavy rain and hail also caused extensive street flooding. City Hall in Greeley reported minor flooding. Several basements were also flooded.
April 2003LightningGreeley-Lightning struck an oil tank and sparked an oil fire. The fire however was quickly extinguished.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindGreeley-Strong thunderstorm winds below the roofs of a barn and shed.
June 1995HailGreeley-Brief touchdown in open field.
June 1995Tornado (F0)Greeley-A tornado made numerous brief touchdowns in a one mile path.
May 1993HailGreeley-Thunderstorms dropped dime-size hail in Greeley and caused a brief power outage in town.
July 2025HailGreeley-no account filed
July 2025HailGreeley-no account filed
July 2025HailGreeley-no account filed
July 2025HailGreeley-no account filed
July 2025HailGreeley-no account filed
July 2025HailGreeley-no account filed
May 2024HailGreeley-no account filed
May 2024HailGreeley-no account filed
May 2024HailGreeley-no account filed
August 2023HailGreeley-no account filed
August 2023HailGreeley-no account filed
July 2021HailGreeley-no account filed
May 2019HailGreeley-no account filed
September 2019HailGreeley-no account filed
September 2019HailGreeley-no account filed
September 2019HailGreeley-no account filed
September 2019HailGreeley-no account filed
September 2019HailGreeley-no account filed
September 2019HailGreeley-no account filed
September 2019HailGreeley-no account filed
September 2019HailGreeley-no account filed
June 2018HailGreeley-no account filed
June 2018HailGreeley-no account filed
July 2018HailGreeley-no account filed
July 2018HailGreeley-no account filed
July 2016HailGreeley-no account filed
July 2016HailGreeley-no account filed
July 2016HailGreeley-no account filed
July 2016HailGreeley-no account filed
July 2016HailGreeley-no account filed
June 2015HailGreeley-no account filed
May 2014Thunderstorm WindGreeley-no account filed
August 2013HailGreeley-no account filed
August 2013HailGreeley-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
Jackson Field1.7 miles21
Mumper Corner2.1 miles21
Garden City2.3 miles21
Greeley Junction2.4 miles21
Rosedale2.7 miles21
Mason Corner3.0 miles21
Evans3.4 miles21
Lucerne4.1 miles21

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 GreeleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q94274The 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 180649. 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.