Peoria, Colorado
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the East Arapahoe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80103. The Survey maps it on the Peoria quadrangle. 153 people lived here at the 2020 count.
Population over time
2 figuresPeoria fell from 163 to 153 between 2010 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 163 | |
| 2020 | 153 | -10 (-6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 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 Denver quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1956 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Denver East quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
27 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Peoria between 2010 and 2020, burning about 972 acres in total. None 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/undetermined | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | BENNETT |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | BENNETT |
| 4 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 17 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 15 August 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Byers Volunteer Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 14 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 12 August 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Byers Volunteer Fire Department | 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 Peoria: 7 unknowns, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Occurrence | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
25 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Peoria in 25 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 16 hail, 4 tornado, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2018 | Tornado (EF1) | Peoria | 1 hurt, $200,000 | A tornado touched down briefly and tore the roof off a manufactured home. It partially destroyed an outbuilding, flipped over a UPS delivery truck and damaged farm equipment. The driver was hospitalized with minor injuries. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Peoria | $15,000 | Floodwaters damaged Arapahoe County Road 42 at the Kingsburrow Bridge. Water overtopped the road at several locations. |
| August 2009 | Hail | Peoria | $15,000 | Some farm equipment and fiberglass structures were damaged by hail. |
| August 2025 | Tornado (EFU) | Peoria | - | Several reports and pictures of a brief tornado over an open field. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peoria | - | The weather station UP705 measured the gust. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peoria | - | Intense thunderstorm winds blew down some dead trees. |
| September 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peoria | - | Strong winds gusts snapped small tree branches. |
| October 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Peoria | - | A weak short-lived landspout touched down briefly in an open field. No damage was observed. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peoria | - | An intense thunderstorm wind flipped over a semi-trailer in the eastbound lane of Interstate 70. |
| June 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Peoria | - | A small tornado touched down but did no damage. |
| August 2009 | Hail | Peoria | - | Crop damage was reported in the immediate vicinity. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Peoria | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Peoria | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Peoria | - | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Hail | Peoria | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Peoria | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Peoria | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Peoria | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Peoria | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Peoria | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Peoria | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Peoria | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Peoria | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Hail | Peoria | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Peoria | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Trail | 5.8 miles | 15 | |
| Byers | 6.4 miles | 16 | |
| Thunderbird Estates | 31.6 miles | 23 | |
| Cross Creek | 31.6 miles | 23 | |
| Gun Club Estates | 31.7 miles | 23 | |
| Dove Hill | 31.9 miles | 24 | |
| East Quincy Highlands | 32.8 miles | 23 | |
| Parkborough | 33.5 miles | 24 |
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 Peoria | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q9058142 | 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 185004. 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.





