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Hoyt, Colorado

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Wiggins census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80654. The Survey maps it on the Hoyt quadrangle.

Hoyt within Morgan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

2 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Hoyt between 2011 and 2013, burning about 20 acres in total. 1 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
Natural1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
12 April 2013Natural20 acresBurlington Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
20 February 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersWIGGINS

Every fire recorded in Morgan 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 Hoyt: 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
UnknownClayOccurrence
UnknownClayProducer

Every working recorded in Morgan County

Storms near this place

26 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hoyt in 26 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 19 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 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
May 2015Flash FloodHoyt$25,000Numerous roads in southwest Morgan County were inundated by floodwaters.
August 2014FloodHoyt$25,000Heavy rain on top of already saturated soils produced extensive small stream flooding southwest of Fort Morgan.
May 2024HailHoyt-Mping public report.
June 2008Tornado (EF0)Hoyt-A small tornado touched down but did no damage.
May 2024HailHoyt-no account filed
May 2023HailHoyt-no account filed
July 2015HailHoyt-no account filed
June 2012Thunderstorm WindHoyt-no account filed
June 2011HailHoyt-no account filed
April 2010HailHoyt-no account filed
April 2010Thunderstorm WindHoyt-no account filed
April 2010HailHoyt-no account filed
June 2010HailHoyt-no account filed
June 2009Thunderstorm WindHoyt-no account filed
June 2008HailHoyt-no account filed
June 2008HailHoyt-no account filed
June 2008HailHoyt-no account filed
April 2007HailHoyt-no account filed
June 2005HailHoyt-no account filed
June 2004HailHoyt-no account filed
May 2003HailHoyt-no account filed
May 2003HailHoyt-no account filed
July 2001HailHoyt-no account filed
July 2000HailHoyt-no account filed
July 2000HailHoyt-no account filed
August 1998Tornado (F0)Hoyt-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Morgan 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
Adena10.0 miles9
Wiggins14.8 miles16
Twelvemile Corner15.5 miles8
Ninemile Corner16.5 miles8
Lamb19.9 miles8
Fort Morgan21.8 miles10
Log Lane Village21.9 miles10
Orchard21.9 miles16

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 HoytAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5922909The 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 180910. 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.