BlockMidway, Colorado
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Akron census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80720. The Survey maps it on the Pinneo quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS Sterling quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Sterling quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Pinneo quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Fort Morgan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Midway between 1993 and 2020, burning about 53 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2020 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Akron Volunteer Fire Department | N/A |
| 25 March 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Washington County | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Midway: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Gold Occurrence | Gold | Occurrence | Placer |
Storms near this place
9 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Midway in 9 storm reports between 2018 and 2025: 6 tornado, 2 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Midway | - | Mesonet station near Brush. |
| May 2023 | Tornado (EF0) | Midway | - | A tornado touched down in open country. No damage was reported. |
| May 2021 | Tornado (EF0) | Midway | - | A tornado touched down briefly in open country. No damage was observed. |
| May 2021 | Tornado (EF0) | Midway | - | A tornado touched down briefly in open country. No damage was observed. |
| August 2020 | Tornado (EF0) | Midway | - | A weak landspout touched down briefly in open country. No damage was observed. |
| July 2020 | Tornado (EF0) | Midway | - | A weak tornado touched down briefly in open country. No damage was observed. |
| July 2018 | Tornado (EF2) | Midway | - | This tornado snapped power poles. It is the continuation of the tornado that began in Morgan County several minutes earlier, and crossed into Washington County before dissipating. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Midway | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Hail | Midway | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 182979. 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.