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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.

Peoria within Arapahoe County

Population over time

2 figures

Peoria 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.

YearPeople Change
2010163
2020153-10 (-6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 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

27 since 2010

Regional 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/undetermined22
Equipment and vehicle use5

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
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersBENNETT
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersBENNETT
4 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
17 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
15 August 2016Equipment and vehicle use10 acresByers Volunteer Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
14 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
12 August 2016Equipment and vehicle use50 acresByers Volunteer Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Arapahoe County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnknownFire Clay (Refractory)Occurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Arapahoe County

Storms near this place

25 since 2007

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2018Tornado (EF1)Peoria1 hurt, $200,000A 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 2015Flash FloodPeoria$15,000Floodwaters damaged Arapahoe County Road 42 at the Kingsburrow Bridge. Water overtopped the road at several locations.
August 2009HailPeoria$15,000Some farm equipment and fiberglass structures were damaged by hail.
August 2025Tornado (EFU)Peoria-Several reports and pictures of a brief tornado over an open field.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindPeoria-The weather station UP705 measured the gust.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindPeoria-Intense thunderstorm winds blew down some dead trees.
September 2017Thunderstorm WindPeoria-Strong winds gusts snapped small tree branches.
October 2017Tornado (EF1)Peoria-A weak short-lived landspout touched down briefly in an open field. No damage was observed.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindPeoria-An intense thunderstorm wind flipped over a semi-trailer in the eastbound lane of Interstate 70.
June 2012Tornado (EF0)Peoria-A small tornado touched down but did no damage.
August 2009HailPeoria-Crop damage was reported in the immediate vicinity.
June 2016HailPeoria-no account filed
May 2014HailPeoria-no account filed
June 2014HailPeoria-no account filed
July 2013HailPeoria-no account filed
June 2012HailPeoria-no account filed
June 2012HailPeoria-no account filed
June 2012HailPeoria-no account filed
June 2012HailPeoria-no account filed
April 2011HailPeoria-no account filed
June 2010HailPeoria-no account filed
July 2009HailPeoria-no account filed
August 2009HailPeoria-no account filed
August 2008HailPeoria-no account filed
June 2007HailPeoria-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Arapahoe 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
Deer Trail5.8 miles15
Byers6.4 miles16
Thunderbird Estates31.6 miles23
Cross Creek31.6 miles23
Gun Club Estates31.7 miles23
Dove Hill31.9 miles24
East Quincy Highlands32.8 miles23
Parkborough33.5 miles24

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 PeoriaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q9058142The 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.