Haxtun, Colorado
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Haxtun census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80731. The Survey maps it on the Haxtun West quadrangle. 981 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,029 feet above sea level.
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On record in Haxtun
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
First National Bank of Haxtunlisted 1986
Shirley Hotellisted 2002- Evergreen Corner Rural Historic Districtlisted 2013
- Harms Farmlisted 2016
Population over time
3 figuresHaxtun grew from 481 to 981 between 1990 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 481 | |
| 2010 | 946 | +465 (+97%) |
| 2020 | 981 | +35 (+4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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.
- 1954 USGS Sterling quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Sterling quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Haxtun West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Julesburg quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Haxtun between 2011 and 2017, burning about 44 acres 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/undetermined | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | HAXTUN |
| 3 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | HAXTUN |
| 5 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Haxtun Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Haxtun: 2 unknowns, 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.
Storms near this place
60 of 71 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Haxtun in 71 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 42 hail, 22 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2009 | Hail | Haxtun | $20,000 | A severe thunderstorm caused extensive damage to wheat and corn crops in the immediate area. Out of 104,000 planted acres of wheat in Phillips County; 3,000 were destroyed. Sixty thousand additional acres were damaged. Out of 102,000 planted acres of corn in the county; 2,000 were completely destroyed and 20,500 were damaged. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haxtun | $20,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds downed a tree which crashed on to a home. The force of the blow punctured a hole in the ceiling, and knocked drywall into the laundry room. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haxtun | $5,500 | Wet microburst, straight-line winds estimated in excess of 75 knots ripped through the Haxtun vicinity as a second round of thunderstorms moved through the area. The winds flipped two corner irrigation sytems on to the adjacent road, toppled a few grain bins and removed some shingles off of a roof. A 70-foot evergreen tree had been toppled along with some smaller trees. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haxtun | - | Macroburst winds downed power lines and damaged several buildings. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haxtun | - | Damaging winds from a severe thunderstorm knocked down numerous trees and power lines. |
| June 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Haxtun | - | A small tornado touched down but did no damage. |
| June 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Haxtun | - | A small tornado touched down but did no damage. |
| June 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Haxtun | - | A small tornado touched down briefly but did no damage. |
| August 1999 | Flash Flood | Haxtun | - | Thunderstorms producing heavy rain, with storm totals from 3 to 6 inches, caused flooding and flash flooding problems southeast of Haxtun, near the Yuma county line. Several county roads were washed out with widespread field flooding reported. Heavy rain coupled with small hail, stripped corn and sunflower crops in the area. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Haxtun | - | Torrential hail covered Highway 59, up to 10 inches deep in spots, for a quarter mile stretch near the Phillips/Yuma County Line. Snowplows had to be called out to clear the highway. Substantial crop damage was also reported in the area, although no estimate of the damage was available. |
| June 1995 | Tornado (F0) | Haxtun | - | A brief tornado touched down on open land. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| July 2025 | Hail | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| May 2023 | Hail | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| September 1999 | Hail | Haxtun | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Haxtun | - | 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.
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 Haxtun | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q944008 | 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 204719. 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.



