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.
Population over time
2 figuresHudson 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,356 | |
| 2020 | 1,651 | -705 (-30%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 24 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.
- 1902 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1949 USGS Hudson quadrangle1:24000, 8 printings
- 1951 USGS Hudson quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 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
- 1971 USGS Hudson quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
152 since 2010Regional 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/undetermined | 119 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Hudson Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 7 September 2015 | Smoking | under an acre | Hudson Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 3 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | HUDSON |
| 3 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | HUDSON |
| 19 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Hudson Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 19 September 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Hudson Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 19 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Hudson Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 18 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Hudson Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel |
Storms near this place
41 since 1995Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1999 | Lightning | Hudson | $100,000 | Lightning 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 2025 | Tornado (EFU) | Hudson | - | The location estimated and time was estimated. No damaged was reported and appeared it stayed over an open field. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hudson | - | Intense winds blew the roof and sides off a barn. |
| May 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Hudson | - | A tornado touched down briefly in an open field. No damage was observed. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hudson | - | Intense straight-line winds snapped large tree limbs. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hudson | - | Strong thunderstorm wind gusts damaged the roof of a home. |
| October 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Hudson | - | A small tornado touched down but did no damage. |
| April 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Hudson | - | A small tornado touched down but did no damage. |
| July 2000 | Lightning | Hudson | - | 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 1995 | Tornado (F0) | Hudson | - | A brief dust and debris cloud was spotted on a corn field. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Hudson | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hudson | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Hudson | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Hudson | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Hudson | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Hudson | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Hudson | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Hudson | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Hudson | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Hudson | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Hudson | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Hudson | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Hudson | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Hudson | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Hudson | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Hudson | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Hudson | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Hudson | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Hudson | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Hudson | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Hudson | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hudson | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hudson | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hudson | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Hudson | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Hudson | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Hudson | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Hudson | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Hudson | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Funnel Cloud | Hudson | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Hudson | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roy | 4.8 miles | 20 | |
| Tonville | 5.5 miles | 24 | |
| Lochbuie | 6.0 miles | 24 | |
| Aristocrat Ranchettes | 6.8 miles | 21 | |
| Keenesburg | 6.9 miles | 20 | |
| Sloan | 8.4 miles | 15 | |
| Powars | 9.0 miles | 21 | |
| Fort Lupton | 9.0 miles | 21 |
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 Hudson | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2272323 | 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 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.










