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Norwood, Colorado

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Norwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81423. It lies near Wrights Mesa. The Survey maps it on the Norwood quadrangle. 535 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 7,011 feet above sea level.

Norwood within San Miguel County

On record in Norwood

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

Population over time

3 figures

Norwood grew from 438 to 535 between 2000 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
2000438
2010518+80 (+18%)
2020535+17 (+3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

182 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 182 fires within 5 miles of Norwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,377 acres in total. 97 started naturally. 1 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
Natural97
Missing data/not specified/undetermined69
Debris and open burning6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony4
Arson/incendiarism1

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
7 September 2013Naturalunder an acreNorwood-Redvale Volunteer Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
7 September 2013Naturalunder an acreSouthwest District, MontroseBURNS
7 September 1993Naturalunder an acreSouthwest District, MontroseMANLY
4 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersN/A
20 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersN/A
19 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorwood-Redvale Volunteer Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
1 September 1995Naturalunder an acreSouthwest District, MontroseBROAD CAN
9 August 2020Natural1.0 acresGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National ForestsTHUNDER

Every fire recorded in San Miguel 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 Norwood: 9 occurrences, 6 unknowns, 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Gold, Coal, 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
Big MackManganesePast Producer
Brazier Bros. DrillingUranium, VanadiumUnknown
Ok, ElderCoal, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSedimentary
UnkClayOccurrence
UnknownFire Clay (Refractory)OccurrenceSedimentary
Boston, Enterprise, and Peoria PlacersGoldPast ProducerPlacer
UnknownGoldOccurrence
Mineral MineUraniumPast Producer
UnkUraniumUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in San Miguel County

Storms near this place

11 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Norwood in 11 storm reports between 1997 and 2022: 3 hail, 2 lightning, 2 wildfire, 2 heavy rain. 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
October 2022Debris FlowNorwood$5,000Rocks of various sizes fell across the road over much of Colorado Highway 145 between Norwood and Telluride as a result of heavy rain from showers and thunderstorms.
June 2002LightningNorwood$3,000no account filed
September 1997LightningNorwood$2,000no account filed
August 2007Heavy RainNorwood$500Heavy rain producing thunderstorms caused minor flooding along the San Miguel County and Montrose County border. Rainfall reports in the area included 0.65 inches within 25 minutes and 0.63 inches within 15 minutes. Estimated wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph accompanied the rainfall, with minor wind damage reported at a farm.
July 2021HailNorwood-Dime to quarter-sized hail accumulated in a yard on the east side of Norwood.
August 2016Heavy RainNorwood-About 3 miles northwest of Norwood 0.59 inches of rain fell within 30 minutes.
August 2010Flash FloodNorwood-Heavy rain caused mud and debris up to a foot deep to flow across Highway 145 near the Norwood Hill area.
July 2003WildfireNorwood-no account filed
June 2003HailNorwood-no account filed
July 2002WildfireNorwood-no account filed
July 2000HailNorwood-no account filed

Every storm recorded in San Miguel 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
Basin13.7 miles20
Leonard (historical)14.8 miles18
Placerville14.9 miles18
Beards Corner17.5 miles20
Sawpit18.0 miles14
Noel20.2 miles18
Vanadium20.4 miles27
Lime22.7 miles27

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 NorwoodAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2278138The 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 186059. 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.