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Hudson, Colorado

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Keenesburg-Hudson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80642. It lies near The Sand Hills. The Survey maps it on the Hudson quadrangle. 1,651 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,000 feet above sea level.

Hudson within Weld County

Population over time

2 figures

Hudson fell from 2,356 to 1,651 between 2010 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.

YearPeople Change
20102,356
20201,651-705 (-30%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 24 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

152 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 152 fires within 5 miles of Hudson between 2010 and 2020, burning about 942 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 5 were 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/undetermined119
Equipment and vehicle use9
Debris and open burning7
Arson/incendiarism5
Natural4
Smoking4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
8 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresHudson Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
7 September 2015Smokingunder an acreHudson Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
3 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersHUDSON
3 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersHUDSON
19 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresHudson Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
19 September 2017Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreHudson Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
19 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHudson Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
18 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHudson Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Weld County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Hudson: 3 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 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 PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel

Every working recorded in Weld County

Storms near this place

41 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hudson in 41 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 24 hail, 7 tornado, 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning. 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
July 1999LightningHudson$100,000Lightning was suspected of igniting a fire which caused substantial damage to a farm in Hudson. The blaze destroyed at 10-ft by 60-ft metal pole barn, a pickup truck, a GMC Jimmy 4X4 vehicle, a boat and trailer, three four-wheeler vehicles and other farm equipment.
July 2025Tornado (EFU)Hudson-The location estimated and time was estimated. No damaged was reported and appeared it stayed over an open field.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindHudson-Intense winds blew the roof and sides off a barn.
May 2019Tornado (EF0)Hudson-A tornado touched down briefly in an open field. No damage was observed.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindHudson-Intense straight-line winds snapped large tree limbs.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindHudson-Strong thunderstorm wind gusts damaged the roof of a home.
October 2004Tornado (F0)Hudson-A small tornado touched down but did no damage.
April 2003Tornado (F0)Hudson-A small tornado touched down but did no damage.
July 2000LightningHudson-Lightning sparked at least 6 fires in the Hudson and Keenseburg areas as thunderstorms, accompanied with heavy rain, large hail and tornadoes moved through southern Weld County.
June 1995Tornado (F0)Hudson-A brief dust and debris cloud was spotted on a corn field.
June 2022HailHudson-no account filed
June 2020Thunderstorm WindHudson-no account filed
May 2019HailHudson-no account filed
June 2018HailHudson-no account filed
June 2018HailHudson-no account filed
June 2015HailHudson-no account filed
May 2010HailHudson-no account filed
May 2010HailHudson-no account filed
May 2007HailHudson-no account filed
May 2007HailHudson-no account filed
April 2005HailHudson-no account filed
April 2005HailHudson-no account filed
May 2004HailHudson-no account filed
August 2004HailHudson-no account filed
August 2004HailHudson-no account filed
May 2003HailHudson-no account filed
May 2003HailHudson-no account filed
June 2003HailHudson-no account filed
June 2003HailHudson-no account filed
August 2001HailHudson-no account filed
August 2001HailHudson-no account filed
April 2000Thunderstorm WindHudson-no account filed
April 2000Thunderstorm WindHudson-no account filed
April 2000Thunderstorm WindHudson-no account filed
June 1999HailHudson-no account filed
May 1998HailHudson-no account filed
June 1998HailHudson-no account filed
June 1997Tornado (F0)Hudson-no account filed
June 1996HailHudson-no account filed
June 1996Funnel CloudHudson-no account filed
July 1996Tornado (F0)Hudson-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
Roy4.8 miles20
Tonville5.5 miles24
Lochbuie6.0 miles24
Aristocrat Ranchettes6.8 miles21
Keenesburg6.9 miles20
Sloan8.4 miles15
Powars9.0 miles21
Fort Lupton9.0 miles21

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 HudsonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2272323The 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 180861. 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.