Kelim, Colorado
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Loveland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80534. The Survey maps it on the Windsor quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 21 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 Windsor quadrangle1:24000, 8 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
165 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 165 fires within 5 miles of Kelim between 2011 and 2020, burning about 73 acres in total. 1 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 | 141 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Windsor-Severance Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 3 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | LOVELAND |
| 29 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | WINDSOR |
| 25 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Loveland Fire & Rescue Department | UNKNOWN |
| 21 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Big Thompson Canyon Volunteer Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 21 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Big Thompson Canyon Volunteer Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 2 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Loveland Fire & Rescue Department | UNKNOWN |
| 16 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Windsor-Severance Fire Protection District | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Kelim: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fire Clay (Refractory). Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
Storms near this place
3 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kelim in 3 storm reports between 2015 and 2020: 3 hail. 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Browns Corner | 5.7 miles | 28 | |
| Loveland | 6.6 miles | 28 | |
| Kings Corner | 6.8 miles | 28 | |
| Redmond | 6.9 miles | 28 | |
| Kerns | 7.0 miles | 18 | |
| Campion | 7.8 miles | 32 | |
| Timnath | 8.6 miles | 18 | |
| Trilby Corner | 9.1 miles | 28 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 180573. 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.








