Iliff, Colorado
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Sterling census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80736. The Survey maps it on the Iliff quadrangle. 246 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,839 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresIliff grew from 213 to 246 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 213 | |
| 2010 | 266 | +53 (+25%) |
| 2020 | 246 | -20 (-8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1951 USGS Iliff quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Sterling quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Sterling quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Sterling quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
10 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Iliff between 2011 and 2020, burning about 83 acres 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 | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sterling Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 15 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Sterling Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 26 June 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Sterling Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 4 May 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Sterling Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 2 May 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sterling Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 25 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Sterling Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 20 April 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Sterling Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 18 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Sterling Fire Rescue | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 Iliff: 1 unknown. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
55 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Iliff in 55 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 33 hail, 17 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado. 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 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Iliff | $20,000 | Intense straight-line winds flipped two pivot sprinklers, uprooted trees and broke several power poles. Corn crops in the area were also extensively damaged. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Iliff | $10,000 | Damaging thunderstorm winds snapped tree branches, 6 inches in diameter and larger. In addition, a roof to a structure under construction was damaged in Iliff and the material tossed. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Iliff | - | Power line down by County Road 55 north of Iliff. Spotter also reported no power in town. Location and time estimated. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Iliff | - | Half inch to one inch hail covering the ground. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Iliff | - | Spotter confident in at least 80 mph wind gusts. Damage to branches 7 to 8 inches in diameter reported, as well as an overturned pivot sprinkler. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Iliff | - | CoAgMet Station near Iliff. |
| July 2024 | Hail | Iliff | - | Most hailstones were smaller than one inch in diameter. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Iliff | - | Intense thunderstorm winds snapped tree limbs, estimated from 6 to 8 inches in diameter. |A power pole was also knocked down with extensive crop damage observed. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Iliff | - | Hail accumulated up to 3 inches in depth with significant damage to vegetation reported in Iliff and vicinity. Localized street flooding and minor field flooding was observed. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Iliff | - | Intense thunderstorm winds snapped tree branches up to four inches in diameter. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Iliff | - | Strong thunderstorm winds snapped large tree branches, some up to 5 inches in diameter. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Iliff | - | Intense thunderstorm winds blow a few 50 lb. hay bales 80 to 100 feet. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Iliff | - | Intense thunderstorm winds knocked a row of power lines down. In addition, an estimated 500 lb deck was lifted approximately 15 to 20 ft. off its platform. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Iliff | - | Utility poles were snapped and power lines were downed. |
| June 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Iliff | - | A tornado touched down but did no damage. |
| July 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Iliff | - | A small tornado touched down but did no damage. |
| July 1995 | Hail | Iliff | - | Crop damage sustained but no estimate provided. |
| July 2025 | Hail | Iliff | - | no account filed |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Iliff | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Iliff | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Iliff | - | no account filed |
| August 2023 | Hail | Iliff | - | no account filed |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Iliff | - | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Hail | Iliff | - | no account filed |
| May 2021 | Hail | Iliff | - | no account filed |
| May 2021 | Hail | Iliff | - | no account filed |
| May 2021 | Hail | Iliff | - | no account filed |
| May 2021 | Hail | Iliff | - | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Iliff | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Iliff | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Iliff | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Iliff | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Iliff | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Iliff | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Iliff | - | no account filed |
| September 2019 | Hail | Iliff | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Iliff | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Iliff | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Iliff | - | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Hail | Iliff | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Iliff | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Iliff | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Iliff | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Iliff | - | no account filed |
| September 2009 | Hail | Iliff | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Iliff | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Iliff | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Iliff | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Tornado (F1) | Iliff | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Tornado (F1) | Iliff | - | no account filed |
| September 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Iliff | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Iliff | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Iliff | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Iliff | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Iliff | - | 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.
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 Iliff | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1983353 | 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 171118. 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.



