Lochbuie, Colorado
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Keenesburg-Hudson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80603. The Survey maps it on the Hudson quadrangle. 8,088 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,020 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresLochbuie grew from 4,726 to 8,088 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 4,726 | |
| 2020 | 8,088 | +3,362 (+71%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 24 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
- 1949 USGS Hudson quadrangle1:24000, 8 printings
- 1951 USGS Hudson quadrangle1:24000, 2 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
- 1971 USGS Hudson quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
280 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 280 fires within 5 miles of Lochbuie between 2010 and 2020, burning about 402 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 6 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 | 213 |
| Smoking | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Fireworks | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | BRIGHTON |
| 6 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | N/A |
| 6 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Greater Brighton Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 6 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Hudson Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 5 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Greater Brighton Fire Protection District | N/A |
| 5 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Greater Brighton Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 3 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | HUDSON |
| 28 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Greater Brighton Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Lochbuie: 3 occurrences, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Clay | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel |
Storms near this place
11 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lochbuie in 11 storm reports between 1993 and 2022: 9 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lochbuie | - | Numerous trees were uprooted or snapped. |
| June 1995 | Tornado (F0) | Lochbuie | - | Landspout did no damage in open field. |
| September 1993 | Hail | Lochbuie | - | Severe thunderstorms rumbled across portions of Northeast Colorado. Hail up to 1.00-inch in diameter fell over much of the area. Dime-size hail damaged several roofs of residences in Lafayette (18 miles northwest of Denver). |
| June 2022 | Hail | Lochbuie | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Lochbuie | - | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Hail | Lochbuie | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Lochbuie | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Lochbuie | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Lochbuie | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Lochbuie | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Lochbuie | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tonville | 0.7 miles | 24 | |
| Powars | 5.4 miles | 21 | |
| Hudson | 6.0 miles | 24 | |
| Wattenberg | 6.5 miles | 21 | |
| Fort Lupton | 7.4 miles | 21 | |
| Aristocrat Ranchettes | 7.5 miles | 21 | |
| Roy | 10.7 miles | 20 | |
| Vollmar | 11.0 miles | 20 |
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 Lochbuie | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2150323 | 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 1669461. 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.










