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Limon, Colorado

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Limon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80828. The Survey maps it on the Limon quadrangle. 2,043 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,377 feet above sea level.

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Limon within Lincoln County

On record in Limon

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

Limon grew from 1,880 to 2,043 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
20101,880
20202,043+163 (+9%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

11 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Limon between 2011 and 2018, burning under an acre 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/undetermined10
Natural1

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
9 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLincoln CountyUNKNOWN
13 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLincoln CountyUNKNOWN
8 June 2016Naturalunder an acreLincoln CountyUNKNOWN
6 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLincoln CountyUNKNOWN
7 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLincoln CountyUNKNOWN
20 April 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLincoln CountyUNKNOWN
14 March 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLincoln CountyUNKNOWN
13 March 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersLIMON

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Limon: 6 past producers, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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
Lincoln Granite QyStonePast Producer
Fisher PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Lincoln County

Storms near this place

60 of 126 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Limon in 126 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 81 hail, 28 thunderstorm wind, 12 tornado, 2 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. 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
May 2001LightningLimon1 hurtLightning shocked a woman as she was talking on the phone. She went numb on one side temporarily.
August 2019Flash FloodLimon$25,000Flash flooding occurred in west central Lincoln County. Numerous county roads were either flooded or washed out. State Highway 71 was flooded along Middle Rush Creek.
September 1993HailLimon$5,000no account filed
June 1994Thunderstorm WindLimon$500Thunderstorm winds, estimated at 60 mph (52 knots), blew down fences northeast of Limon.
May 1994Thunderstorm WindLimon$500A severe thunderstorm rumbled across southwest Lincoln County, dropping hail up to ping pong-ball size and producing wind gusts estimated at 70 mph (61 knots). The hail damaged corn and alfalfa crops. Winds blew the sheet metal off an outbuilding southwest of Limon.
August 2025HailLimon-The report was from mPING.
August 2025HailLimon-The report was from mPING.
August 2025HailLimon-The report was from mPING.
August 2024HailLimon-Intersection of Main Street and State Road 71.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindLimon-A microburst wind gust blew one-half of a modular home onto its side while while it was traveling on SH 71.
June 2018Tornado (EF0)Limon-A tornado touched down briefly in an open field. No damage was observed.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindLimon-Minor damage was observed.
June 2014Tornado (EF1)Limon-A storm chaser observed a large multi-vortex tornado. One highway sign was blown down, with the metal posts bent and uprooted.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindLimon-Two 18-wheelers were blown on their sides along Interstate 70 near Limon.
July 2006Flash FloodLimon-A trained spotter reported that heavy rain had washed out two county roads.
July 2005Tornado (F0)Limon-A tornado touched down briefly but did no damage.
June 2005Tornado (F0)Limon-A tornado touched down briefly but did no damage.
June 2003HailLimon-Hail and strong winds caused extensive damage to crops in Elbert and Lincoln Counties. An estimated 5000-6000 acres of wheat was lost in the storms.
June 2001Tornado (F0)Limon-A small tornado touched down but did no damage.
June 2001Tornado (F0)Limon-A small tornado touched down but did no damage.
June 2001Tornado (F0)Limon-A small tornado touched down but did no damage.
June 2001Tornado (F0)Limon-A small tornado touched down but did no damage.
May 1998HailLimon-Large hail was piled up 6 inches deep in spots.
July 1997HailLimon-Intense thunderstorm winds, heavy rain and golfball size hail hammered portions of eastern Elbert and northern Lincoln Counties. Microburst winds blew a semi-truck on its side and several cars were pushed to the side of the road. A 9-hr old boy was injured when he was picked up and blown into a ditch. Several utility poles were snapped and power lines downed along I-70 near Highway 86 causing scattered outages. Big Sandy Run jumped its banks and covered a portion of the interstate with 4 feet of water as up to 4 inches of rain reportedly fell in the area. As a result, I-70 was closed until the water receded and the damage was cleared. Windows were reportedly blown out or broken by strong winds and golfball size hail in Limon and the vicinity.
May 1994Thunderstorm WindLimon-Thunderstorms produced wind gusts estimated to 60 mph (52 knots) south southwest of Limon on Colorado Highway 94.
May 1994Thunderstorm WindLimon-Thunderstorms produced wind gusts estimated to 60 mph (52 knots) south southwest of Limon on Colorado Highway 94.
May 1994HailLimon-A severe thunderstorm rumbled across southwest Lincoln County, dropping hail up to ping pong-ball size and producing wind gusts estimated at 70 mph (61 knots). The hail damaged corn and alfalfa crops. Winds blew the sheet metal off an outbuilding southwest of Limon.
April 2025HailLimon-no account filed
May 2024HailLimon-no account filed
May 2024HailLimon-no account filed
May 2024HailLimon-no account filed
July 2024HailLimon-no account filed
June 2024HailLimon-no account filed
June 2023HailLimon-no account filed
August 2023HailLimon-no account filed
June 2023HailLimon-no account filed
June 2020Thunderstorm WindLimon-no account filed
August 2020Thunderstorm WindLimon-no account filed
August 2020HailLimon-no account filed
June 2019HailLimon-no account filed
June 2019HailLimon-no account filed
May 2019HailLimon-no account filed
July 2019HailLimon-no account filed
July 2018Thunderstorm WindLimon-no account filed
July 2018Thunderstorm WindLimon-no account filed
May 2017Thunderstorm WindLimon-no account filed
August 2015Thunderstorm WindLimon-no account filed
June 2014HailLimon-no account filed
June 2014HailLimon-no account filed
June 2014HailLimon-no account filed
June 2014HailLimon-no account filed
June 2014HailLimon-no account filed
June 2014HailLimon-no account filed
August 2013HailLimon-no account filed
June 2011HailLimon-no account filed
June 2011HailLimon-no account filed
July 2011Thunderstorm WindLimon-no account filed
June 2011Thunderstorm WindLimon-no account filed
June 2011Thunderstorm WindLimon-no account filed
July 2010Thunderstorm WindLimon-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lincoln 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
Genoa10.2 miles15
Hugo14.7 miles8
Bovina16.3 miles8
Arriba22.1 miles9
Clifford23.6 miles9
Shaw26.5 miles8
Punkin Center28.4 miles13
Boyero31.1 miles12

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 LimonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2074898The 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 204819. 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.