Raymer, Colorado
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Raymer census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80742. The Survey maps it on the Raymer quadrangle. 110 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,777 feet above sea level.
On record in Raymer
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Star Filling Stationlisted 2019 · 0.1 miles away
Population over time
3 figuresRaymer grew from 91 to 110 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 | 91 | |
| 2010 | 96 | +5 (+5%) |
| 2020 | 110 | +14 (+15%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1954 USGS Sterling quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Sterling quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Raymer quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Sterling quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Raymer quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
2 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Raymer between 2011 and 2020, burning about 2 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 | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Weld County | FW WEX |
| 18 December 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.2 acres | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | TRIBUTARY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Raymer: 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. 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.
Storms near this place
60 of 62 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Raymer in 62 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 48 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2016 | Flash Flood | New Raymer | $5,000 | The combination of heavy rain and hail produced flash flooding along small creeks and streams. |
| July 1994 | Hail | New Raymer | $50 | Golf ball-size hail fell for 10 minutes in New Raymer (33 miles northwest of Akron), which broke windows of a weather spotter's home. Another weather spotter reported two inch diameter hail broke a four inch diameter rain gage north of New Raymer. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Raymer | - | Microburst winds blew the roof off a 14 x 48-ft horse shelter. |
| July 2005 | Hail | New Raymer | - | Softball size hail damaged property and crops. Numerous windows were broken and leaves stripped off all the vegetation. The hail ranged from penny to softball size during the deluge. |
| June 2001 | Flash Flood | New Raymer | - | Heavy rain and large hail caused flash flooding of the smaller creeks and streams. As a result, some county roads were washed out north of New Raymer. |
| May 2000 | Tornado (F1) | New Raymer | - | A small tornado touched down and damaged a farm. The extent of the damage is unknown. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Raymer | - | Strong thunderstorm winds lifted a chicken house off its foundation and tore branches off of nearby trees. |
| June 1998 | Tornado (F0) | New Raymer | - | A small landspout briefly touched down. |
| July 1997 | Hail | New Raymer | - | Large hail and strong thunderstorms winds estimated to 50 mph shredded wheat fields. |
| June 1997 | Hail | New Raymer | - | Large hail knocked out several windows. |
| June 1995 | Hail | New Raymer | - | Brief touchdown in open field. |
| May 2025 | Hail | New Raymer | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | New Raymer | - | no account filed |
| May 2021 | Hail | New Raymer | - | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Hail | New Raymer | - | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Hail | New Raymer | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | New Raymer | - | no account filed |
| September 2019 | Hail | New Raymer | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | New Raymer | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | New Raymer | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | New Raymer | - | no account filed |
| September 2016 | Hail | New Raymer | - | no account filed |
| September 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Raymer | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | New Raymer | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Raymer | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | New Raymer | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | New Raymer | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | New Raymer | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | New Raymer | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | New Raymer | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | New Raymer | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Lightning | New Raymer | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | New Raymer | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | New Raymer | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | New Raymer | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | New Raymer | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | New Raymer | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | New Raymer | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | New Raymer | - | no account filed |
| September 1999 | Hail | New Raymer | - | no account filed |
| September 1999 | Hail | New Raymer | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Raymer | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Hail | New Raymer | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Raymer | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | New Raymer | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | New Raymer | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | New Raymer | - | no account filed |
| September 1998 | Hail | New Raymer | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | New Raymer | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | New Raymer | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | New Raymer | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | New Raymer | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Raymer | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | New Raymer | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Raymer | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | New Raymer | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Raymer | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | New Raymer | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | New Raymer | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | New Raymer | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Raymer | 0.1 miles | 7 | |
| Buckingham | 7.2 miles | 7 | |
| Stoneham | 9.3 miles | 7 | |
| Keota | 14.0 miles | 13 | |
| Avalo | 16.9 miles | 7 | |
| Briggsdale | 25.7 miles | 14 | |
| Grover | 27.2 miles | 13 | |
| Fosston | 27.6 miles | 12 |
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 Raymer | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2330307 | 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 182778. 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.




