Hereford, Colorado
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Grover census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80732. The Survey maps it on the Hereford quadrangle. It stands 5,279 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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 Greeley quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Hereford quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Eaton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Hereford between 2005 and 2019, burning about 1,775 acres in total. 2 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 | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2006 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 6 August 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 2 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | N/A |
| 23 May 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 18 February 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,773 acres | Weld County | CO RD 128 |
Storms near this place
35 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hereford in 35 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 22 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 3 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 2010 | Flash Flood | Hereford | $25,000 | Heavy rain either flooded or washed out several county roads including 51 and 82. |
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Hereford | - | Ongoing flash flooding over county roads is occurring. Multiple rain gauges reporting between 1.2 to 2.25 inches of rainfall over the past hour to hour and a half in the nearby area. Time is estimated. |
| August 2025 | Hail | Hereford | - | Report received from mPING. |
| September 2025 | Hail | Hereford | - | The report from was received through mPING. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hereford | - | National Weather Service employee who was storm chasing estimated 60 mph winds. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hereford | - | An estimated 60 mph wind gust from a CO-OP Observer. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hereford | - | Severe thunderstorm winds damaged buildings and twisted a metal shed. |
| June 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Hereford | - | A tornado touched down southwest of Hereford and continued to quickly move north northeast into Wyoming. Areas of sporadic tornado damage were noted from 8 miles south southwest of Hereford to north of Hereford near the Colorado-Wyoming border. The damage along the patch ranged from EF-0 to EF-1. |
| August 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Hereford | - | A tornado touched down briefly but did no damage. |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hereford | - | Straight line winds estimated betwen 60 and 70 mph (62 kts) flattened wheat crops in the area. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Hereford | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Hereford | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Hereford | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Hereford | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Hereford | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Hereford | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Hereford | - | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Hail | Hereford | - | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Hail | Hereford | - | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Hail | Hereford | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Hereford | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Hereford | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hereford | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Hereford | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Hereford | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hereford | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Hereford | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Hereford | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Hereford | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hereford | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Hereford | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hereford | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Hereford | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Hail | Hereford | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Hail | Hereford | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grover | 8.3 miles | 13 | |
| Keota | 22.4 miles | 13 | |
| Briggsdale | 23.5 miles | 14 | |
| Rockport | 26.5 miles | 18 | |
| Purcell | 28.0 miles | 16 | |
| Fosston | 28.2 miles | 12 | |
| Buckingham | 30.0 miles | 7 | |
| Dover | 30.1 miles | 17 |
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 Hereford | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q10968832 | 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 204649. 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.







