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Keota, Colorado

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Raymer census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80729. The Survey maps it on the Keota quadrangle.

Keota within Weld County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 13 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

3 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Keota between 2005 and 2019, burning about 1,032 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/undetermined2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
31 July 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.3 acresArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandWILD HORSE
19 March 2019Power generation/transmission/distribution1,028 acresArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandKEOTA
11 March 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named

Every fire recorded in Weld County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Keota: 4 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium. 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
Keota MineUraniumProspect1978, 1981
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel

Every working recorded in Weld County

Storms near this place

8 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Keota in 8 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 5 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 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
August 2024FloodKeota-The report from Mping stated, river/creek overflowing; cropland/yard/basement flooding.
August 2018Tornado (EF0)Keota-A tornado touched down briefly in an open field. No damage was observed.
May 2020HailKeota-no account filed
May 2020HailKeota-no account filed
July 2018HailKeota-no account filed
July 2018HailKeota-no account filed
August 2009HailKeota-no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindKeota-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Weld 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
Buckingham7.6 miles7
New Raymer13.9 miles7
Raymer14.0 miles7
Grover14.1 miles13
Briggsdale14.1 miles14
Fosston17.7 miles12
Cornish21.8 miles14
Hereford22.4 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 204690. 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.