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.
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
Hugo Municipal Poollisted 2008
Population over time
2 figuresHugo 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 730 | |
| 2020 | 787 | +57 (+8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS Limon quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Limon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Limon quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Hugo quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Limon quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 2016Regional 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/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Hugo Volunteer Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 13 June 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Hugo Volunteer Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
60 of 110 shownRegional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2025 | Hail | Hugo | - | The report was from mPING. |
| August 2025 | Hail | Hugo | - | The report was from mPING. |
| August 2025 | Hail | Hugo | - | The report was from mPING. |
| August 2025 | Hail | Hugo | - | The report was from mPING. |
| August 2025 | Hail | Hugo | - | The report was from mPING. |
| August 2025 | Hail | Hugo | - | The report was from mPING. |
| August 2025 | Hail | Hugo | - | The report was from mPING. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Hugo | - | Report via X (Twitter). The time was based on radar. |
| August 2025 | Hail | Hugo | - | The report was from mPING. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hugo | - | Mesonet station EW0539 in Hugo. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hugo | - | Mesonet station EW0539 Hugo. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hugo | - | Hugo mesonet station EW0539 Hugo. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hugo | - | From Wunderground weather station pws-kcohuog12. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Hugo | - | In addition, peak wind gusts estimated to 70 mph. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hugo | - | Strong microburst winds downed trees in Hugo. Some structural damage was also reported. |
| July 2023 | Tornado (EFU) | Hugo | - | A tornado touched down briefly in open country. No damage was observed. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hugo | - | The storm also produced nickel size hail. |
| May 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Hugo | - | A tornado touched down in an open field. No damage was reported. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hugo | - | 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 2014 | Tornado (EF0) | Hugo | - | A tornado touched down briefly in an open field. No damage was reported. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hugo | - | A severe thunderstorm produced strong winds which downed a power pole. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Hugo | - | Large hail broke several windshields. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hugo | - | A severe thunderstorm snapped a large tree limb, approximately one foot in diameter. |
| September 2006 | Flash Flood | Hugo | - | 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 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hugo | - | 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 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Hugo | - | A large tornado, between 1/2 mile and 1 mile wide, touched down briefly. No damage however was reported. |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hugo | - | Thunderstorm winds snapped several large tree limbs. |
| May 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Hugo | - | Two small tornadoes touched down briefly, but did no damage. |
| May 1999 | Tornado (F1) | Hugo | - | A small tornado touched down and damaged several trees. |
| July 1998 | Flash Flood | Hugo | - | 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 1997 | Lightning | Hugo | - | 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 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hugo | - | no account filed |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hugo | - | no account filed |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hugo | - | no account filed |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hugo | - | no account filed |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hugo | - | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hugo | - | no account filed |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hugo | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hugo | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hugo | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hugo | - | no account filed |
| August 2023 | Hail | Hugo | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Hugo | - | no account filed |
| April 2021 | Hail | Hugo | - | no account filed |
| April 2021 | Hail | Hugo | - | no account filed |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hugo | - | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hugo | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Hugo | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Hail | Hugo | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Hugo | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Hugo | - | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Hail | Hugo | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hugo | - | no account filed |
| August 2017 | Hail | Hugo | - | no account filed |
| August 2017 | Hail | Hugo | - | no account filed |
| August 2017 | Hail | Hugo | - | no account filed |
| August 2017 | Hail | Hugo | - | no account filed |
| August 2017 | Hail | Hugo | - | no account filed |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hugo | - | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Hail | Hugo | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clifford | 8.9 miles | 9 | |
| Genoa | 9.9 miles | 15 | |
| Bovina | 10.9 miles | 8 | |
| Arriba | 14.6 miles | 9 | |
| Limon | 14.7 miles | 15 | |
| Boyero | 16.7 miles | 12 | |
| Punkin Center | 23.1 miles | 13 | |
| Wezel (historical) | 23.3 miles | 12 |
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 Hugo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2275171 | 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 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.




