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Robb, Colorado

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Wray census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80758. The Survey maps it on the Robb quadrangle.

Robb within Yuma County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 7 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

7 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Robb between 2011 and 2016, burning about 317 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/undetermined4
Natural1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
1 August 2015Natural5.0 acresYuma Volunteer Fire Department (Yuma Rural Fire Protection District)UNKNOWN
5 May 2016Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresWray Volunteer Fire Department (Yuma County Fire Protection District)UNKNOWN
18 March 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWray Volunteer Fire Department (Yuma County Fire Protection District)UNKNOWN
10 March 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersWRAY
1 November 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWray Volunteer Fire Department (Yuma County Fire Protection District)UNKNOWN
31 October 2016Equipment and vehicle use300 acresWray Volunteer Fire Department (Yuma County Fire Protection District)UNKNOWN
31 October 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWray Volunteer Fire Department (Yuma County Fire Protection District)UNKNOWN

Every fire recorded in Yuma County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Robb: 3 occurrences, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
UnknownClayOccurrenceSedimentary
UnknownClayPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Yuma County

Storms near this place

13 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Robb in 13 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 11 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
August 2019Tornado (EF1)Robb$70,000A brief tornado occurred northwest of Wray, CO, or west-southwest of Wauneta, CO. This tornado uprooted trees and snapped several large branches at a residence. The tornado was captured by photograph and forwarded to NWS Goodland by the Yuma County Emergency Manager.
July 2025HailRobb-Facebook report and video of long duration of quarter to half dollar hail; estimated around 20 minutes. Video does show accumulating hail around a half inch deep but some drifts up to 3 inches deep.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindRobb-A storm chaser submitted a picture of a damaged metal outbuilding from the winds.
August 2025HailRobb-A trained spotter reported golf ball size hail.
July 2024HailRobb-Pea to nickel sized hail lasted for a duration of 5 minutes.
July 2022HailRobb-The hail ranged from nickel to quarter in size.
July 2022HailRobb-Received a picture of a hailstone next to a tape measure. At a maximum diameter the hail stone was roughly the size of a grapefruit.
July 2022HailRobb-Received a photo of a hailstone next to a quarter.
July 2022HailRobb-The hail was up to quarters in size.
July 2022HailRobb-The hail ranged from pea to nickel in size.
May 2019HailRobb-no account filed
August 2019HailRobb-no account filed
July 2009HailRobb-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Yuma 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
Eckley6.3 miles8
Wray8.1 miles9
Vernon11.2 miles8
Schramm12.4 miles8
Laird14.3 miles9
Wauneta14.5 miles8
Heartstrong15.2 miles8
Beecher Island18.7 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 183031. 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.