Padroni, Colorado
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Sterling census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80745. The Survey maps it on the Padroni quadrangle. 75 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,999 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresPadroni fell from 97 to 75 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 | 97 | |
| 2010 | 76 | -21 (-22%) |
| 2020 | 75 | -1 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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.
- 1952 USGS Padroni quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Sterling quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Sterling quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Sterling quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
14 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Padroni between 2013 and 2020, burning about 217 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sterling Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 2 September 2016 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Sterling Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 13 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Sterling Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 17 July 2016 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Sterling Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 17 July 2016 | Natural | 100 acres | Sterling Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 27 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Sterling Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 19 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sterling Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 4 May 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Sterling Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Padroni: 6 unknowns, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel |
Storms near this place
43 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Padroni in 43 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 24 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 2 flash 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Padroni | $25,000 | Heavy rain coupled with already swollen rivers and streams produced flash flooding. Numerous county roads were inundated by floodwaters. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Padroni | - | The report was from mesonet station TT562 North Sterling. |
| September 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Padroni | - | Weather station TT562 North Sterling. |
| June 2023 | Tornado (EFU) | Padroni | - | A tornado touched down briefly in an open field. No damage was observed. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Padroni | - | Crop damage was observed near the intersection of county roads 46 and 37. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Padroni | - | Some power poles were knocked down, and tree branches snapped. |
| June 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Padroni | - | A landspout developed briefly in an open field, no damage was observed. |
| May 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Padroni | - | A tornado touched down briefly but did no damage. |
| June 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Padroni | - | A small tornado touched down but did no damage. |
| July 2001 | Flash Flood | Padroni | - | Heavy rain caused flash flooding near the towns of Peetz and Padroni. Up to a foot of water covered County Road 48 and State Highway 113, 3 miles east of Padroni. In addition, State Highway 113 was flooded in areas between the town of Peetz and the intersection of State Highway 138. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Padroni | - | Thunderstorm winds up to 71 knots blew down power lines between Padroni and Crook. |
| July 1995 | Hail | Padroni | - | Hail accumulated to four inches deep in some spots. |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Padroni | - | 18,1718MST,,,0,0,0,0,Hail (1.00) Spotters reported one-inch diameter hail fell intermittently for 15 minutes in Peetz (24 miles north northeast of Sterling). Thunderstorm winds broke several branches in Padroni (10 miles north of Sterling). |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Padroni | - | no account filed |
| September 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Padroni | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Padroni | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Padroni | - | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Hail | Padroni | - | no account filed |
| May 2021 | Hail | Padroni | - | no account filed |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Padroni | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Padroni | - | no account filed |
| September 2019 | Hail | Padroni | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Padroni | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Padroni | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Padroni | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Padroni | - | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Padroni | - | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Hail | Padroni | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Padroni | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Padroni | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Padroni | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Padroni | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Padroni | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Padroni | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Padroni | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Padroni | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Padroni | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Padroni | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Padroni | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Padroni | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Padroni | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Hail | Padroni | - | no account filed |
| September 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Padroni | - | 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.
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 Padroni | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q607727 | 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 171130. 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.



