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Greystone, Colorado

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Maybell-Powder Wash census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81640. The Survey maps it on the Greystone quadrangle.

Greystone within Moffat County

On record in Greystone

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

282 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 282 fires within 5 miles of Greystone between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,205 acres in total. 280 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
Natural280
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
9 September 2003Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, CraigRED FERN
8 September 1995Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, CraigDOUG
7 September 1995Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, CraigLANGLEY
5 September 1995Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, CraigDRY
5 September 1995Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, CraigHARDING
5 September 1995Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, CraigGREYSTONE
5 September 1993Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, CraigWELLER DRW
5 September 1993Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, CraigLANGLY DRW

Every fire recorded in Moffat 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 Greystone: 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
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel

Every working recorded in Moffat County

Storms near this place

11 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Greystone in 11 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 wildfire. The reports record 1 death. 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 2019FloodGreystone1 killedA raft carrying several people down the Green River in Dinosaur National Monument flipped when it entered the rapids at Triplet Falls and became stuck on one of the rocks. Many of the passengers were ejected into the water and one man later died after he was pulled out of the river.
September 2013Flash FloodGreystone$20,000Heavy rainfall on saturated soils led to flash flooding in the Browns Park National Wildlife Refuge, including flood waters that ran into basements of homes.
September 2013HailGreystone$12,000The hail was reported to have damaged cars in the area.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindGreystone-The Dinosaur NM 19N RAWS recorded a gust to 62 mph at approximately 8:22 PM MDT on June 12th. This gust was associated with a small thunderstorm that had formed over the Dinosaur National Monument area. This was the only gust recorded in the area, and no reports of damages, injuries, or fatalities were received associated with it.
July 2024Flash FloodGreystone-Heavy rainfall rates of 0.5 to 1 inch in less than an hour from a strong thunderstorm resulted in flash flooding in Hells Canyon through Dinosaur National Monument. An additional inch accumulation of pea sized hail also accompanied the heavy rain resulting in the flash flooding.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindGreystone-A peak wind gust of 67 mph was measured by an automated weather station northwest of Greystone.
September 2007HailGreystone-Hail was observed at Roundtop Tower Lookout in Dinosaur National Monument.
September 2007HailGreystone-Hail observed at Zenobia Tower Outlook in Dinosaur National Monument.
July 2005Heavy RainGreystone-no account filed
August 2000WildfireGreystone-no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindGreystone-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Moffat 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
Wilson Place15.7 miles14
Craig Place16.7 miles13
Jack Springs17.9 miles12
Elk Springs21.2 miles15
Robinson Place21.7 miles15
Massadona24.7 miles12
Sunbeam25.7 miles13
Offield Place26.0 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 170638. 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.