Kersey, Colorado
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Kersey-Gill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80644. The Survey maps it on the Kersey quadrangle. 1,495 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,619 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresKersey grew from 1,389 to 1,495 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,389 | |
| 2010 | 1,454 | +65 (+5%) |
| 2020 | 1,495 | +41 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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 Kersey quadrangle1:24000, 5 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
182 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 182 fires within 5 miles of Kersey between 2010 and 2020, burning about 14,809 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 8 were 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 | 138 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 29 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | KERSEY |
| 23 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 750 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 20 September 2010 | Natural | 1,000 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 20 September 2010 | Natural | 10 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 18 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12,699 acres | Southeast Weld Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 5 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | KERSEY |
| 4 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | KERSEY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 22 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Kersey: 13 producers, 9 occurrences. 13 still produce. 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
16 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kersey in 16 storm reports between 1994 and 2011: 8 hail, 6 tornado, 2 lightning. 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 1994 | Hail | Kersey | $50,000 | Hail up to tennis ball-size pummeled portions of Larimer and Weld Counties, causing considerable damage to buildings and vehicles as well as crops. |
| June 1995 | Hail | Kersey | - | A large swath of damaging hail up to one inch in diameter was reported at numerous locations between and including Erie to Kersey. Numerous reports of crop damage had been reported over southern Weld County. |
| June 1995 | Tornado (F0) | Kersey | - | A small tornado briefly touched down with no damage reported. |
| June 1995 | Tornado (F0) | Kersey | - | Brief touchdown in open field. |
| June 1995 | Tornado (F0) | Kersey | - | Brief landspout on open land. |
| June 1995 | Tornado (F0) | Kersey | - | A tornado was on the ground for 30 seconds in an open field. |
| July 1994 | Tornado (F0) | Kersey | - | Spotters reported a brief tornado touchdown in an open field south of Kersey (37 miles east southeast of Fort Collins). No damage or injuries was reported. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Kersey | - | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Lightning | Kersey | - | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Lightning | Kersey | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Kersey | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Kersey | - | no account filed |
| September 1999 | Hail | Kersey | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Kersey | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Kersey | - | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Hail | Kersey | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spanish Village | 0.8 miles | 18 | |
| Kuner | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Auburn | 4.2 miles | 18 | |
| Gill | 4.7 miles | 18 | |
| Alden | 4.9 miles | 18 | |
| Cloverly | 5.9 miles | 21 | |
| Jackson Field | 6.7 miles | 21 | |
| Garden City | 6.8 miles | 21 |
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 Kersey | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1816209 | 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 204695. 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.








