Peetz, Colorado
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Peetz census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80747. The Survey maps it on the Peetz quadrangle. 213 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,436 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresPeetz fell from 227 to 213 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 | 227 | |
| 2010 | 238 | +11 (+5%) |
| 2020 | 213 | -25 (-11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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.
- 1953 USGS Peetz quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Sterling quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Sterling quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Sterling quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
4 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Peetz between 1993 and 2020, burning about 37 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 |
|---|---|
| Smoking | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 July 2016 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 17 June 2017 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 23 April 1993 | Smoking | under an acre | Logan County | not named |
| 12 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 34 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
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 Peetz: 4 occurrences, 4 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 | 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 | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel |
Storms near this place
60 of 85 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Peetz in 85 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 62 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 8 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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 | Flood | Peetz | $200,000 | Numerous roads were impassable across western Logan County due to excessive runoff from Pawnee Creek and the South Platte River. Road closures included: CR 113 from the Nebraska line to CO 138; CR 72 from CO 113 to CR 51; CR 51 from CR 72 and CR 74; CR 39 from CR 66 to CR 68; CR 49 from CR 72 to CR 74; CR 20 from CR 9 and CR 11; CR 21 and CR 21.5 at CO 14; and CR 37, one half mile north of CR 52. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peetz | - | Awos station near Peetz. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peetz | - | The report was from AWOS station K1JW near Peetz. |
| July 2024 | Hail | Peetz | - | A report of a broken window and damage to cars. |
| May 2016 | Tornado (EF1) | Peetz | - | A tornado touched down a damaged a farmstead. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peetz | - | A severe thunderstorm broke tree limbs, breaking limbs up to 3 inches in diameter. |
| June 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Peetz | - | A small tornado touched down but did no damage. |
| July 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Peetz | - | A small tornado touched down briefly but did no damage. |
| July 1995 | Tornado (F0) | Peetz | - | Tornado travelled an estimated 1.5 miles across open country. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peetz | - | no account filed |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peetz | - | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Hail | Peetz | - | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Hail | Peetz | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Peetz | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Peetz | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Peetz | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Peetz | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Peetz | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Peetz | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Hail | Peetz | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Hail | Peetz | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Peetz | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Peetz | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Peetz | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peetz | - | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Hail | Peetz | - | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peetz | - | no account filed |
| September 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peetz | - | no account filed |
| August 2016 | Hail | Peetz | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Peetz | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Peetz | - | no account filed |
| August 2015 | Hail | Peetz | - | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Hail | Peetz | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Peetz | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Peetz | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peetz | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Peetz | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Peetz | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Peetz | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Peetz | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Peetz | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Peetz | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Peetz | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Peetz | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Peetz | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Peetz | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Peetz | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Peetz | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Peetz | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Peetz | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Peetz | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Peetz | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Peetz | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Peetz | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Peetz | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Peetz | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Peetz | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Peetz | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Peetz | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Peetz | - | 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 Peetz | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2019021 | 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 204648. 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.



