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Hugo, Colorado

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Hugo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80821. It stands on Barron Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hugo quadrangle. 787 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,039 feet above sea level.

Hugo within Lincoln County

On record in Hugo

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Hugo grew from 730 to 787 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
2010730
2020787+57 (+8%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Hugo in 2016, burning under an acre in total. None 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

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
13 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHugo Volunteer Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
13 June 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHugo Volunteer Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Hugo: 1 occurrence. None of them 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
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Lincoln County

Storms near this place

60 of 110 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hugo in 110 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 68 hail, 32 thunderstorm wind, 7 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
August 2025HailHugo-The report was from mPING.
August 2025HailHugo-The report was from mPING.
August 2025HailHugo-The report was from mPING.
August 2025HailHugo-The report was from mPING.
August 2025HailHugo-The report was from mPING.
August 2025HailHugo-The report was from mPING.
August 2025HailHugo-The report was from mPING.
April 2025HailHugo-Report via X (Twitter). The time was based on radar.
August 2025HailHugo-The report was from mPING.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindHugo-Mesonet station EW0539 in Hugo.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindHugo-Mesonet station EW0539 Hugo.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindHugo-Hugo mesonet station EW0539 Hugo.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindHugo-From Wunderground weather station pws-kcohuog12.
July 2023HailHugo-In addition, peak wind gusts estimated to 70 mph.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindHugo-Strong microburst winds downed trees in Hugo. Some structural damage was also reported.
July 2023Tornado (EFU)Hugo-A tornado touched down briefly in open country. No damage was observed.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindHugo-The storm also produced nickel size hail.
May 2019Tornado (EF0)Hugo-A tornado touched down in an open field. No damage was reported.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindHugo-Straightline winds associated with a severe thunderstorm uprooted several trees and power poles. The downed electrical lines led to several fires and caused power outages in Hugo. Several fences were also blown down. Two motorists sustained minor injuries.
May 2014Tornado (EF0)Hugo-A tornado touched down briefly in an open field. No damage was reported.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindHugo-A severe thunderstorm produced strong winds which downed a power pole.
June 2012HailHugo-Large hail broke several windshields.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindHugo-A severe thunderstorm snapped a large tree limb, approximately one foot in diameter.
September 2006Flash FloodHugo-A thunderstorm produced torrential rainfall, 4.8 inches in 90 minutes, south of Hugo. A trained spotter reported a "river" approximately 30 feet wide and 6 inches deep, running through his yard.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindHugo-Two homes were damaged just northeast of Hugo. Strong thunderstorm winds snapped a cottonwood tree and damaged a windbreak. The homeowners also reported damage to their windows, roof and gutter systems as large hail, up to one inch in diameter, also accompanied the storm.
June 2001Tornado (F0)Hugo-A large tornado, between 1/2 mile and 1 mile wide, touched down briefly. No damage however was reported.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindHugo-Thunderstorm winds snapped several large tree limbs.
May 1999Tornado (F0)Hugo-Two small tornadoes touched down briefly, but did no damage.
May 1999Tornado (F1)Hugo-A small tornado touched down and damaged several trees.
July 1998Flash FloodHugo-Heavy rain caused a small creek in the town of Hugo to jump its banks. Several streets and buildings were flooded. A trained spotter measured 2.74 inches of rainfall in Hugo.
June 1997LightningHugo-Lightning struck a radio station tower. Some of the equipment was blown out, knocking the station off the air. The exact time of the incident was not known.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindHugo-no account filed
August 2025Thunderstorm WindHugo-no account filed
August 2025Thunderstorm WindHugo-no account filed
August 2024Thunderstorm WindHugo-no account filed
August 2024Thunderstorm WindHugo-no account filed
July 2024Thunderstorm WindHugo-no account filed
August 2024Thunderstorm WindHugo-no account filed
July 2023Thunderstorm WindHugo-no account filed
July 2023Thunderstorm WindHugo-no account filed
July 2023Thunderstorm WindHugo-no account filed
August 2023HailHugo-no account filed
June 2023HailHugo-no account filed
April 2021HailHugo-no account filed
April 2021HailHugo-no account filed
May 2021Thunderstorm WindHugo-no account filed
June 2021Thunderstorm WindHugo-no account filed
July 2020HailHugo-no account filed
August 2020HailHugo-no account filed
June 2018HailHugo-no account filed
June 2018HailHugo-no account filed
August 2018HailHugo-no account filed
July 2018Thunderstorm WindHugo-no account filed
August 2017HailHugo-no account filed
August 2017HailHugo-no account filed
August 2017HailHugo-no account filed
August 2017HailHugo-no account filed
August 2017HailHugo-no account filed
September 2014Thunderstorm WindHugo-no account filed
July 2014HailHugo-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lincoln 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
Clifford8.9 miles9
Genoa9.9 miles15
Bovina10.9 miles8
Arriba14.6 miles9
Limon14.7 miles15
Boyero16.7 miles12
Punkin Center23.1 miles13
Wezel (historical)23.3 miles12

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 HugoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2275171The 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 195141. 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.