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Masters, Colorado

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Kersey-Gill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80649. The Survey maps it on the Masters quadrangle.

Masters within Weld County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 13 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

4 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Masters between 2014 and 2019, burning about 3,713 acres 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/undetermined2
Natural1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
25 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersN/A
25 August 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersN/A
13 June 2018Natural3,713 acresWeld CountyHWY 34
9 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePlatte Valley Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Weld County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Masters: 6 occurrences, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Weld County

Storms near this place

20 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Masters in 20 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 11 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 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
June 2010FloodMasters$25,000no account filed
May 2025Thunderstorm WindMasters-Mesonet station near Dearfield.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindMasters-Mesonet station CO222 near Dearfield.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindMasters-The CDOT sensor (CO222) located one mile west of Masters reported the 63 mph wind gusts.
May 2016Tornado (EF2)Masters-Storm chaser confirmed a multi-vortex tornado near Interstate 76. The tornado continue to track northeast and crossed over Empire Reservoir along the Weld/Morgan county line. At least a dozen trailers were damaged or destroyed. Two campers suffered minor injuries. Many power poles and trees were knocked down. Approximately 10 irrigation pivots were destroyed.
July 2000Tornado (F1)Masters-The tornado touched down 6 miles north of Masters, crossed Riverside Reservoir in the form of a waterspout, then travelled south-southeast towards Empire Reservoir, about 4 miles southeast of Masters where it dissipated. Since the tornado touched down in open country, damage was minimal. The twister tore up fences and a sprinkler irrigation system. In addition, four ditch riders, one on a three wheel all-terrain vehicle, did find themselves in the path of the storm and had to take cover in a ditch. The twister picked up the ATV and smashed it into some nearby trees. None of the men were injured.
June 1998HailMasters-Large hail broke the windshield of a semi-truck. Some crop damage was also reported.
August 2025HailMasters-no account filed
July 2025Thunderstorm WindMasters-no account filed
June 2024Thunderstorm WindMasters-no account filed
June 2023HailMasters-no account filed
August 2021HailMasters-no account filed
May 2020HailMasters-no account filed
August 2015HailMasters-no account filed
August 2015HailMasters-no account filed
May 2004HailMasters-no account filed
May 2004HailMasters-no account filed
June 1997HailMasters-no account filed
June 1997HailMasters-no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindMasters-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
Dearfield1.5 miles11
Canton5.4 miles11
Hardin10.0 miles13
Roggen11.9 miles12
Kuner13.8 miles14
South Roggen15.1 miles12
Tampa15.7 miles13
Spanish Village16.8 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 180762. 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.