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Peconic, Colorado

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Burlington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80807. The Survey maps it on the Peconic quadrangle.

Peconic within Kit Carson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

11 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Peconic between 2014 and 2016, burning about 171 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/undetermined7
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural1

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
8 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBurlington Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
2 August 2016Equipment and vehicle use120 acresBurlington Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
19 August 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreBurlington Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
6 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresBurlington Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
5 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBurlington Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
5 July 2016Naturalunder an acreBurlington Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
1 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBurlington Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
3 April 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresBurlington Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kit Carson County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Peconic: 9 unknowns. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Kit Carson County

Storms near this place

44 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Peconic in 44 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 25 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 6 tornado, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2009HailPeconic$50,000Large hail of unknown size (estimated at 1.75 in diameter based on nearby reports), and driven by strong winds, broke through windows of numerous vehicles on Interstate 70.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindPeconic$40,000Winds from an isolated thunderstorm overturned four irrigation pivots in fields surrounding the location.
June 2022HailPeconic$3,000Wind-driven egg sized hail broke several windows of a mobile home and destroyed the siding and under pining on the west facing side of the mobile home. Siding was stripped down to the plywood underneath.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindPeconic$1,000A few healthy 2 inch tree limbs were reported down.
July 2020Flash FloodPeconic$10Via Twitter video, water was found over the road. Depth of water is unknown.
May 2025HailPeconic-Mping report of half dollar size hail near Peconic.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindPeconic-An off duty NWS employee reported dust storm conditions with visibilities around one quarter mile along Interstate 70 near the Colorado/Kansas state line just ahead of a line of thunderstorms. The nearest observation was at the Goodland Airport (KGLD) which reported a 60 mph wind gust with the thunderstorms at 16:36.
May 2024Tornado (EFU)Peconic-Public report, with photo, of landspout south of CR N and west of CR 59.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindPeconic-Trained spotter reports estimated 100 MPH which was later reduced to 85 MPH due to NWS storm survey team's interview. Lawn furniture blown more than 100 feet. Pea sized hail was also reported.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindPeconic-Weatherlink site Ocean Front reported 42 mph sustained wind along with 59 mph gust.
August 2024HailPeconic-Pea to quarter sized hail observed.
August 2024HailPeconic-Cocorahs observer reported a hole ripped in window screen from hail ranging from dime to quarter in size.
August 2024Tornado (EFU)Peconic-Photo and report of tornado south of I-70. No damage was reported. Unknown wind speed.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindPeconic-Five broken wooden power poles, four overturned irrigation pivots, a shed's roof was completely destroyed, and three grain silos were damaged. Maximum wind gust estimated at 110 MPH.
August 2024Tornado (EFU)Peconic-Photo and reports of a tornado crossing Highway 24 and I-70. No damage was observed. Unknown wind speed.
June 2023HailPeconic-Pea to dime sized hail observed. Corn was flattened with plants and tall weeds severely stripped of leaves.
August 2023HailPeconic-Hail was observed at MM 447 on I-70.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindPeconic-Blowing dust associated with thunderstorm outflow occurred in eastern Kit Carson County with visibility reduced between half to one-quarter mile at times. A mesonet station near Burlington recorded a peak wind gust of 38 mph at the time of the observation.
June 2018HailPeconic-The hail ranged from pea to half dollar in size and covered the ground.
May 2018Tornado (EF0)Peconic-No damage was reported with this tornado. This tornado was reported by two separate chasers.
June 2018HailPeconic-The hail ranged from pea to nickel in size.
September 2017HailPeconic-Mostly pea to dime size hail fell. There were a few quarter size hail stones that fell.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindPeconic-Eight large trees were laid over and a 30 ft. radio tower was bent in half. Estimated time of report from radar.
May 2014HailPeconic-Time of the report was estimated from Doppler radar.
May 2014HailPeconic-Time of report estimated from radar. Hail was mostly pea size with the largest stones up to golf ball size.
June 2014HailPeconic-Received the storm report through Twitter.
April 2013Tornado (EF0)Peconic-A brief landspout tornado was reported by storm chasers.
June 2012Tornado (EF0)Peconic-Storm chaser reported funnel cloud and swirling dirt beneath, correlating good with a brief circulation on Doppler radar. There was no apparent damage.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindPeconic-Peak winds were estimated to be near 60 mph.
June 1999HailPeconic-Windows broken out by large hail at farmstead.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindPeconic-Wind accompanied by dime size hail.
May 2019HailPeconic-no account filed
June 2018HailPeconic-no account filed
May 2017HailPeconic-no account filed
September 2016HailPeconic-no account filed
July 2015Thunderstorm WindPeconic-no account filed
May 2014HailPeconic-no account filed
May 2014HailPeconic-no account filed
June 2013Thunderstorm WindPeconic-no account filed
June 2013HailPeconic-no account filed
June 2010HailPeconic-no account filed
June 2009HailPeconic-no account filed
July 2009HailPeconic-no account filed
July 2009HailPeconic-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Kit Carson 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
Burlington6.5 miles10
West Burlington8.6 miles10
Bethune14.7 miles11
Tuttle (historical)22.7 miles11
Stratton24.2 miles8
Vona31.5 miles8
Seibert38.2 miles8
Flagler48.7 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 195127. 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.