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Joes, Colorado

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Idalia-Joes census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80822. The Survey maps it on the Joes quadrangle. 82 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,272 feet above sea level.

Joes within Yuma County

Population over time

2 figures

Joes grew from 80 to 82 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
201080
202082+2 (+2%)

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

10 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Joes between 2011 and 2020, burning about 37 acres in total. 4 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/undetermined4
Natural4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
16 August 2019Natural5.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersN/A
3 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersYUMA
22 July 2016Natural1.0 acresJoes Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
2 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresJoes Fire DepartmentN/A
12 July 2016Natural20 acresJoes Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
8 June 2016Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresJoes Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
10 June 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreJoes Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
7 May 2017Natural1.0 acresJoes Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yuma County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Joes: 2 past producers. 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, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Yuma County

Storms near this place

60 of 85 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Joes in 85 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 61 hail, 16 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 3 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
May 2020Thunderstorm WindJoes$15,000Heat burst occurred near Joes causing damage to an approximately 75 year old farm outbuilding, broken utility pole, and displaced hay bale. Winds estimated to 80 MPH based on damage.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindJoes$8,000Several trees, approximately twelve inches in diameter, were blown down. Part of a tin roof was peeled over. Power lines were blown down in town and a ten inch diameter dead tree was snapped off at the top while another was uprooted. 1.16 inches of rainfall was measured in Joes.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindJoes$1,000A power pole was leaning at almost a 45 degree angle to the northeast roughly a mile west of Joes along Highway 36.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindJoes$250Ten live tree limbs reported down, each about 8-10 feet long.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindJoes-Ambient weather site High_Plains_Coat reported the gust with developing showers and storms. A 56 mph wind gust was recorded by the same site ten minutes prior.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindJoes-Mesonet station KRK01 3 E Joes 2 reported the wind gust.
July 2025HailJoes-MPing report of penny sized hail.
July 2024HailJoes-A report of dime to penny size hail but mostly dime from the public.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindJoes-KCOJOES3 on Weather Underground reported the wind gust.
August 2023HailJoes-Nickel to golf ball sized hail observed.
July 2020HailJoes-Quarter sized hail stripped some grain crops on the property.
May 2018HailJoes-Ping-pong to golf ball size hail occurred with this storm.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindJoes-Many tree limbs down that are 3 inches in diameter or smaller.
July 2011Flash FloodJoes-The emergency manager reports that numerous county roads were under water in this area.
July 2011HailJoes-CoCoRaHS observer also reports a hail duration of 5 minutes and a hail depth of 1 inch.
July 2011HailJoes-Trained spotter also reported that hail covered the ground.
May 2008HailJoes-Quarter size hail was reported to have covered the ground.
May 2008HailJoes-Multiple reports of penny to quarter size hail relayed by the NSSL SHAVE project.
August 2008HailJoes-CoCoRaHS observered reported quarter to half dollar sized hail.
April 2007FloodJoes-Heavy rain produced widespread flooding and road washouts across Yuma county during the day. Flooding was reported in Joes during the early afternoon hours. Heavy rain initially caused flash flooding during the early morning hours Tuesday near Idalia and Beecher Island, which transitioned into a general heavy rain event during the day Tuesday.
April 2006HailJoes-CoCoRaHS Report
April 2006HailJoes-Hail lasted 10 minutes
May 2005HailJoes-Hail covered the ground.
May 2005HailJoes-One to two inches of hail on ground.
June 2005Tornado (F0)Joes-Brief tornado touched down over open fields. No known damage.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindJoes-Winds blew over horse shed and several large tree limbs were knocked down.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindJoes-Several aluminum storm windows blown off of house on west, north and east sides. Corn field laid flat. 2-3 inch diameter tree limbs down.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindJoes-Ten inch diameter tree limbs down.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindJoes-17-inch diameter branch down.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindJoes-Spotter reported 8 to 10 inch diameter tree branches down.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindJoes-The strong winds blew down two to three diameter tree limbs in Joes.
July 2001HailJoes-The hail was two to three inches deep.
June 2000Tornado (F0)Joes-Brief touchdown resulting in no damage.
June 1999Flash FloodJoes-Several roads covered with water.
June 1999Flash FloodJoes-Secondary roads flooded between Joes and Bonny Reservoir.
October 1997Tornado (F0)Joes-Landspout tornado observed by National Weather Service personnel while doing cooperative observer equipment maitenance.
July 2020HailJoes-no account filed
June 2019HailJoes-no account filed
June 2019HailJoes-no account filed
May 2018HailJoes-no account filed
May 2016HailJoes-no account filed
July 2015HailJoes-no account filed
June 2014HailJoes-no account filed
July 2009HailJoes-no account filed
July 2009HailJoes-no account filed
July 2009HailJoes-no account filed
August 2008HailJoes-no account filed
May 2008HailJoes-no account filed
May 2008HailJoes-no account filed
May 2008HailJoes-no account filed
May 2007HailJoes-no account filed
May 2007HailJoes-no account filed
April 2007HailJoes-no account filed
April 2006HailJoes-no account filed
April 2006HailJoes-no account filed
June 2006HailJoes-no account filed
June 2006HailJoes-no account filed
June 2005HailJoes-no account filed
August 2005Thunderstorm WindJoes-no account filed
August 2005HailJoes-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Yuma 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
Kirk5.5 miles9
Abarr13.5 miles8
Idalia20.7 miles8
Heartstrong20.8 miles8
Vernon27.8 miles8
Hale28.5 miles11
Beecher Island30.1 miles10
Armel31.8 miles10

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 JoesAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2840877The 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 204816. 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.