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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.

Hereford within Weld County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

5 since 2005

Regional 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/undetermined2
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
7 August 2006Natural1.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
6 August 2005Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
2 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersN/A
23 May 2005Naturalunder an acreWyoming State Forestrynot named
18 February 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,773 acresWeld CountyCO RD 128

Every fire recorded in Weld County

Storms near this place

35 since 1996

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2010Flash FloodHereford$25,000Heavy rain either flooded or washed out several county roads including 51 and 82.
July 2025Flash FloodHereford-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 2025HailHereford-Report received from mPING.
September 2025HailHereford-The report from was received through mPING.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindHereford-National Weather Service employee who was storm chasing estimated 60 mph winds.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindHereford-An estimated 60 mph wind gust from a CO-OP Observer.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindHereford-Severe thunderstorm winds damaged buildings and twisted a metal shed.
June 2017Tornado (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 2002Tornado (F0)Hereford-A tornado touched down briefly but did no damage.
August 1997Thunderstorm WindHereford-Straight line winds estimated betwen 60 and 70 mph (62 kts) flattened wheat crops in the area.
June 2024HailHereford-no account filed
June 2018HailHereford-no account filed
June 2017HailHereford-no account filed
June 2017HailHereford-no account filed
June 2017HailHereford-no account filed
June 2017HailHereford-no account filed
June 2017HailHereford-no account filed
July 2013HailHereford-no account filed
July 2013HailHereford-no account filed
July 2013HailHereford-no account filed
June 2012HailHereford-no account filed
June 2012HailHereford-no account filed
June 2010Thunderstorm WindHereford-no account filed
June 2006HailHereford-no account filed
July 2005HailHereford-no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindHereford-no account filed
July 2003HailHereford-no account filed
June 2002Tornado (F0)Hereford-no account filed
April 2000HailHereford-no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindHereford-no account filed
May 1998HailHereford-no account filed
August 1997Thunderstorm WindHereford-no account filed
June 1997HailHereford-no account filed
August 1996HailHereford-no account filed
August 1996HailHereford-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
Grover8.3 miles13
Keota22.4 miles13
Briggsdale23.5 miles14
Rockport26.5 miles18
Purcell28.0 miles16
Fosston28.2 miles12
Buckingham30.0 miles7
Dover30.1 miles17

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 HerefordAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q10968832The 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.