Keenesburg, Colorado
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Keenesburg-Hudson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80643. The Survey maps it on the Keenesburg quadrangle. 1,250 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,944 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresKeenesburg grew from 1,127 to 1,250 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 | 1,127 | |
| 2020 | 1,250 | +123 (+11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 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.
- 1902 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1950 USGS Keenesburg quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1951 USGS Keenesburg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
124 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 124 fires within 5 miles of Keenesburg between 2011 and 2020, burning about 2,135 acres in total. 2 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 | 109 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southeast Weld Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 7 September 2015 | Smoking | under an acre | Hudson Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 6 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southeast Weld Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 4 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Southeast Weld Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 30 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southeast Weld Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 29 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southeast Weld Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 22 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | KEENESBURG |
| 14 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southeast Weld Fire Protection District | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
53 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Keenesburg in 53 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 31 hail, 15 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1996 | Hail | Keenesburg | $200,000 | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Flash Flood | Keenesburg | $10,000 | Several roads were damaged. The frontage road at Interstate 76 and Weld County Road 53 which was inundated by floodwaters and completely washed. County roads 16 and 63, and county road 49 and State Highway 52 were partially flooded. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keenesburg | - | Mesonet station CO038 located along I-76 between Keenesburg and Hudson. |
| July 2025 | Hail | Keenesburg | - | Report of penny to quarter size hail on the southwest side of Keenesburg. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keenesburg | - | Severe thunderstorm uprooted some trees and snapped tree limbs. Some roof damage was observed along with damage to street signs. Damage to several doors to small outbuildings was also reported. |
| May 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Keenesburg | - | A tornado touched down briefly in an open field. No damage was reported. |
| August 2017 | Hail | Keenesburg | - | Strong winds and large hail accompanied a thunderstorm that struck between Keenseburg and Roggen. One farmstead reported the crops were completely flattened in one field. In addition, sixty-six head of cattle were injured and later euthanized. |
| August 2013 | Tornado (EF0) | Keenesburg | - | A tornado touched down briefly in an open field. No damage was reported. |
| May 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Keenesburg | - | A tornado touched down in an open field; no damage was reported. |
| July 2000 | Flood | Keenesburg | - | Over 2 inches of very heavy rain caused flooding along an Interstate 76 off ramp near Keenseburg. The fire department rescued 15 stranded motorists, as high water inundated sections of the off ramp and adjacent interstate. Basements were also flooded in Keenseburg. One home reportedly had seven feet of standing water in the basement before the rain subsided. |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keenesburg | - | Severe thunderstorm winds rumbled across portions of the northern foothills and the northeast plains. The storms produced wind gusts averaging 65 mph and hail up to dime size. Wind gusts to 77 mph (67 knots) were reported in Brighton at 640 pm and Platteville at 725 pm. Numerous trees and power poles were downed by the winds. One power pole fell onto spectators at a high school graduation ceremony in Commerce City (7 miles northeast of Denver), injuring 6 people. In Greeley, the winds blew over 100 feet of wrought iron fence, which was anchored in concrete. Trees fell onto a home and a bank in Greeley. In Fort Lupton, trees fell onto two parked cars, knocking out the windshields. Lightning struck and injured a man in Loveland (12 miles south southeast of Fort Collins), while he was working on his car. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keenesburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keenesburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keenesburg | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keenesburg | - | no account filed |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keenesburg | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Keenesburg | - | no account filed |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keenesburg | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keenesburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Keenesburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Keenesburg | - | no account filed |
| August 2014 | Hail | Keenesburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Keenesburg | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Keenesburg | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Keenesburg | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Keenesburg | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Keenesburg | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Keenesburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Keenesburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Keenesburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Keenesburg | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Keenesburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Keenesburg | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Keenesburg | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Keenesburg | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Keenesburg | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Keenesburg | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Keenesburg | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Keenesburg | - | no account filed |
| February 2000 | Hail | Keenesburg | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Keenesburg | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Keenesburg | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Keenesburg | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Funnel Cloud | Keenesburg | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keenesburg | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Keenesburg | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keenesburg | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keenesburg | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Hail | Keenesburg | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Hail | Keenesburg | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Hail | Keenesburg | - | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keenesburg | - | no account filed |
| May 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keenesburg | - | 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 Keenesburg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2303299 | 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 204699. 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.
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.









