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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.

Iliff within Logan County

Population over time

3 figures

Iliff 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.

YearPeople Change
2000213
2010266+53 (+25%)
2020246-20 (-8%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 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

10 since 2011

Regional 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/undetermined6
Debris and open burning2
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
11 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSterling Fire RescueUNKNOWN
15 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSterling Fire RescueUNKNOWN
26 June 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSterling Fire RescueUNKNOWN
4 May 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSterling Fire RescueUNKNOWN
2 May 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSterling Fire RescueUNKNOWN
25 April 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreSterling Fire RescueUNKNOWN
20 April 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresSterling Fire RescueUNKNOWN
18 April 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresSterling Fire RescueN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Logan 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 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Logan County

Storms near this place

55 since 1995

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2019Thunderstorm WindIliff$20,000Intense straight-line winds flipped two pivot sprinklers, uprooted trees and broke several power poles. Corn crops in the area were also extensively damaged.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindIliff$10,000Damaging 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 2025Thunderstorm WindIliff-Power line down by County Road 55 north of Iliff. Spotter also reported no power in town. Location and time estimated.
May 2025HailIliff-Half inch to one inch hail covering the ground.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindIliff-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 2025Thunderstorm WindIliff-CoAgMet Station near Iliff.
July 2024HailIliff-Most hailstones were smaller than one inch in diameter.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindIliff-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 2019HailIliff-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 2014Thunderstorm WindIliff-Intense thunderstorm winds snapped tree branches up to four inches in diameter.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindIliff-Strong thunderstorm winds snapped large tree branches, some up to 5 inches in diameter.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindIliff-Intense thunderstorm winds blow a few 50 lb. hay bales 80 to 100 feet.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindIliff-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 2010Thunderstorm WindIliff-Utility poles were snapped and power lines were downed.
June 2005Tornado (F0)Iliff-A tornado touched down but did no damage.
July 2003Tornado (F0)Iliff-A small tornado touched down but did no damage.
July 1995HailIliff-Crop damage sustained but no estimate provided.
July 2025HailIliff-no account filed
August 2024Thunderstorm WindIliff-no account filed
June 2023HailIliff-no account filed
June 2023HailIliff-no account filed
August 2023HailIliff-no account filed
August 2023Thunderstorm WindIliff-no account filed
July 2022HailIliff-no account filed
May 2021HailIliff-no account filed
May 2021HailIliff-no account filed
May 2021HailIliff-no account filed
May 2021HailIliff-no account filed
July 2021Thunderstorm WindIliff-no account filed
July 2020HailIliff-no account filed
July 2020HailIliff-no account filed
July 2020HailIliff-no account filed
July 2020Thunderstorm WindIliff-no account filed
June 2020Thunderstorm WindIliff-no account filed
June 2020Thunderstorm WindIliff-no account filed
September 2019HailIliff-no account filed
June 2018HailIliff-no account filed
May 2015HailIliff-no account filed
June 2014HailIliff-no account filed
July 2013HailIliff-no account filed
August 2009HailIliff-no account filed
August 2009HailIliff-no account filed
August 2009HailIliff-no account filed
July 2009HailIliff-no account filed
September 2009HailIliff-no account filed
June 2007HailIliff-no account filed
July 2007HailIliff-no account filed
May 2005HailIliff-no account filed
June 1999Tornado (F1)Iliff-no account filed
June 1999Tornado (F1)Iliff-no account filed
September 1999Tornado (F0)Iliff-no account filed
June 1999HailIliff-no account filed
June 1998HailIliff-no account filed
July 1998HailIliff-no account filed
July 1998HailIliff-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Logan 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
Selma2.1 miles8
Griff3.5 miles8
Ford4.7 miles9
Jessica5.6 miles7
Padroni5.8 miles7
Galien5.8 miles9
Proctor6.9 miles10
Buchanan7.4 miles7

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 IliffAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1983353The 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.