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.
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
- Ruble-Orendorf Mercantilelisted 2023
Population over time
3 figuresNorwood 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 438 | |
| 2010 | 518 | +80 (+18%) |
| 2020 | 535 | +17 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1956 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Norwood quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1965 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Nucla quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
182 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 97 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 69 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Norwood-Redvale Volunteer Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 7 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | BURNS |
| 7 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | MANLY |
| 4 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | N/A |
| 20 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | N/A |
| 19 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Norwood-Redvale Volunteer Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 1 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | BROAD CAN |
| 9 August 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | THUNDER |
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Mack | Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Brazier Bros. Drilling | Uranium, Vanadium | Unknown | ||
| Ok, Elder | Coal, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Unk | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Boston, Enterprise, and Peoria Placers | Gold | Past Producer | Placer | |
| Unknown | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Mineral Mine | Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
11 since 1997Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2022 | Debris Flow | Norwood | $5,000 | Rocks 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 2002 | Lightning | Norwood | $3,000 | no account filed |
| September 1997 | Lightning | Norwood | $2,000 | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Heavy Rain | Norwood | $500 | Heavy 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 2021 | Hail | Norwood | - | Dime to quarter-sized hail accumulated in a yard on the east side of Norwood. |
| August 2016 | Heavy Rain | Norwood | - | About 3 miles northwest of Norwood 0.59 inches of rain fell within 30 minutes. |
| August 2010 | Flash Flood | Norwood | - | Heavy rain caused mud and debris up to a foot deep to flow across Highway 145 near the Norwood Hill area. |
| July 2003 | Wildfire | Norwood | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Norwood | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Wildfire | Norwood | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Norwood | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basin | 13.7 miles | 20 | |
| Leonard (historical) | 14.8 miles | 18 | |
| Placerville | 14.9 miles | 18 | |
| Beards Corner | 17.5 miles | 20 | |
| Sawpit | 18.0 miles | 14 | |
| Noel | 20.2 miles | 18 | |
| Vanadium | 20.4 miles | 27 | |
| Lime | 22.7 miles | 27 |
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 Norwood | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2278138 | 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 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.







