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Lucerne, Colorado

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Greeley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80615. The Survey maps it on the Greeley quadrangle. It stands 4,754 feet above sea level.

Lucerne within Weld County

On record in Lucerne

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 21 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

218 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 218 fires within 5 miles of Lucerne between 2008 and 2020, burning about 306 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 12 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/undetermined169
Arson/incendiarism12
Equipment and vehicle use11
Debris and open burning8
Smoking7
Recreation and ceremony5
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Fireworks1

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
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersN/A
6 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersGREELEY
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersEATON
4 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersN/A
29 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGreeley Fire DepartmentN/A
26 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreEaton Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
26 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersGREELEY
25 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGreeley Fire DepartmentN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Weld County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Lucerne: 9 producers, 7 occurrences, 2 past producers. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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
Great Western Sugar CoIronProducer
Great Western Sugar CoIronProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Weld County

Storms near this place

19 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lucerne in 19 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 12 hail, 2 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 2009LightningLucerne2 hurtno account filed
June 2012Flash FloodLucerne$10,000A flash flood washed out a small section of State Highway 392, between County Roads 39 and 41.
June 2025HailLucerne-Report from mping.
June 2025HailLucerne-Report from mping.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindLucerne-Strong thunderstorm winds caused minor tree damage.
August 2017Heavy RainLucerne-Heavy rain forced brief road closures in Greeley due to standing water. A trained spotter measured 2.38 inches of rain, which fell in less than 45 minutes.
April 2016Tornado (EF0)Lucerne-A weak landspout formed briefly but did no damage.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindLucerne-Intense straight-line winds downed trees and damaged cars.
April 2016Tornado (EFU)Lucerne-A weak landspout formed briefly but did no damage.
August 2023HailLucerne-no account filed
August 2023HailLucerne-no account filed
August 2020HailLucerne-no account filed
August 2020HailLucerne-no account filed
August 2020HailLucerne-no account filed
July 2016HailLucerne-no account filed
July 2016HailLucerne-no account filed
July 2016HailLucerne-no account filed
June 2009HailLucerne-no account filed
June 2002HailLucerne-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
Mason Corner1.0 miles21
Greeley Junction1.8 miles21
Mumper Corner2.1 miles21
Eaton3.4 miles18
Greeley4.1 miles21
Cloverly4.3 miles21
Gates4.5 miles17
Farmers4.7 miles22

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 LucerneAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q10975980The 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 180640. 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.