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Kim, Colorado

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Kim census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81049. The Survey maps it on the Kim South quadrangle. 63 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,689 feet above sea level.

Kim within Las Animas County

On record in Kim

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Kim fell from 74 to 63 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
201074
202063-11 (-15%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Kim between 1994 and 2019, burning about 458 acres in total. 9 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
Natural9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
5 September 2015Natural100 acresPike and San Isabel National ForestCLARICY
6 July 1997Natural1.0 acresPike and San Isabel National ForestMIDWAY
27 July 2019Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestPINTADA
27 July 2019Natural18 acresPike and San Isabel National ForestDUGOUT
2 July 1994Natural24 acresPike and San Isabel National Forestnot named
23 June 2008Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestCLARICY
20 June 2006Natural75 acresPike and San Isabel National ForestCLARICY
11 April 1996Natural214 acresPike and San Isabel National ForestTURD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Las Animas County

Storms near this place

60 of 88 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kim in 88 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 71 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 6 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
October 1997Thunderstorm WindKim$1,000A severe thunderstorm quickly developed along a line of thunderstorms moving east through southeast Colorado. The high winds seems to be shortlived and a couple of trampolines were damaged and destroyed. No damage to structures was reported.
June 2025HailKim-Hail up to 2 inches in diameter fell in Las Animas County from a supercell thunderstorm.
June 2025HailKim-Hail up to 2 inches in diameter fell in Las Animas County from a supercell thunderstorm.
June 2025HailKim-Hail up to 2 inches in diameter fell in Las Animas County from a supercell thunderstorm.
June 2025HailKim-Hail up to 3 inches in diameter fell in Las Animas County from a supercell thunderstorm.
August 2025HailKim-Hail measured to 3 inches fell in eastern Las Animas County.
August 2025HailKim-Hail measured to 3 inches fell in eastern Las Animas County.
August 2025HailKim-Hail measured to 3.25 inches fell in eastern Las Animas County.
August 2025HailKim-Hail measured to 2 inches fell in eastern Las Animas County.
August 2024HailKim-A COOP Observer reported hail of .88 inches in diameter.
July 2023Tornado (EFU)Kim-Brief tornado reported by a storm chaser 15 miles northeast of Kim.
August 2023HailKim-Via social media.
June 2022HailKim-Chaser reported 1.25 inch hail.
May 2021Tornado (EFU)Kim-Large tornado via social media. Numerous reports from storm chasers in the vicinity of large tornado.
May 2021Tornado (EFU)Kim-Cone shaped tornado spotter over rural Las Animas County.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindKim-Wind gusts estimated at 60 mph three miles west of Kim.
June 2019HailKim-COOP observer reported nickel size hail.
May 2015Tornado (EF0)Kim-A landspout moved across open country and caused no damage.
July 2014Flash FloodKim-Strong storms produced very heavy rain and flash flooding across county roads in the extreme southeast corner of the county.
April 2012Funnel CloudKim-Short-lived condensation funnel dropped 3/4 of the way to the ground.
August 2011Flash FloodKim-One foot of water was flowing across State Highway 109 north of Kim, and washed some fencing away.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindKim-Large limbs were ripped off juniper trees along a narrow path approximately two miles in length in open country. There was no evidence of rotation in the debris fields.
July 2009Flash FloodKim-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain which caused deep water over roadways and washouts.
May 2005Tornado (F0)Kim-Short lived tornado caused no known damage.
July 2004Tornado (F0)Kim-A tornado tore up some fence and threw three feed troughs a few hundred feet south of Kim.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindKim-Strong thunderstorm winds knocked 3 to 4 inch diameter limbs off of trees.
August 1993HailKim-A severe thunderstorm dropped hail up to golfball-size in Kim (49 miles south of La Junta). Thunderstorm winds damaged several trees.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindKim-A severe thunderstorm dropped hail up to golfball-size in Kim (49 miles south of La Junta). Thunderstorm winds damaged several trees.
May 2021HailKim-no account filed
May 2020HailKim-no account filed
May 2017HailKim-no account filed
May 2017HailKim-no account filed
July 2016HailKim-no account filed
June 2015HailKim-no account filed
June 2015HailKim-no account filed
May 2015HailKim-no account filed
July 2013HailKim-no account filed
June 2012HailKim-no account filed
July 2011HailKim-no account filed
May 2010HailKim-no account filed
July 2010HailKim-no account filed
July 2009HailKim-no account filed
July 2009HailKim-no account filed
July 2009HailKim-no account filed
July 2009HailKim-no account filed
August 2009HailKim-no account filed
June 2007HailKim-no account filed
August 2007HailKim-no account filed
June 2006HailKim-no account filed
June 2006HailKim-no account filed
September 2006HailKim-no account filed
May 2005HailKim-no account filed
May 2005HailKim-no account filed
May 2005HailKim-no account filed
May 2005HailKim-no account filed
September 2005HailKim-no account filed
June 2004HailKim-no account filed
June 2004HailKim-no account filed
July 2004HailKim-no account filed
May 2003HailKim-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Las Animas 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
Andrix8.7 miles18
Villegreen9.8 miles20
Tobe13.9 miles18
Walts Corner28.5 miles16
Branson32.3 miles16
Trinchera39.5 miles15
Houghton43.6 miles16
Delhi44.6 miles17

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 KimAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2275070The 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 203870. 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.