Rockport, Colorado
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Ault census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80612. The Survey maps it on the Carr East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 18 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.
- 1908 USGS Eaton quadrangle1:125000
- 1910 USGS Eaton quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Carr East quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Eaton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Carr East quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
16 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Rockport between 1993 and 2018, burning about 459 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 were 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 | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2001 | Natural | 250 acres | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | NUNN |
| 22 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 3 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 3 July 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 3 July 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Weld County | not named |
| 27 July 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 8 May 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Weld County | not named |
| 7 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nunn Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Rockport: 3 producers, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel |
Storms near this place
28 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rockport in 28 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 11 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 6 flash flood, 4 tornado. 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 2021 | Flash Flood | Rockport | $5,000 | Another flash flood produced 3 feet of running water. Several vehicles along with some heavy equipment were moved. |
| June 2021 | Flash Flood | Rockport | $5,000 | Heavy rain produced flash flooding. The floodwaters moved several cars, along with some heavy equipment. |
| August 2007 | Flash Flood | Rockport | $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Tornado (EFU) | Rockport | - | A tornado touched down briefly in open country near Carr. No damage was reported. |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Rockport | - | A storm produced 5 inches of rain along Coal Creek, followed by localized flash flooding. |
| June 2021 | Flash Flood | Rockport | - | A storm produced 5 inches of rain along Coal Creek, followed by flash flooding. |
| May 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Rockport | - | A tornado touched down but did no damage. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Rockport | - | Golfball size hail caused extensive crop and roof damage. Large tree limbs were downed and some car windshields broken. |
| May 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Rockport | - | A small tornado touched down but did no damage. |
| July 1997 | Tornado (F1) | Rockport | - | A tornado touched down ripping a portion of the roof and porch off a house. |
| July 2025 | Hail | Rockport | - | no account filed |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockport | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockport | - | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockport | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockport | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockport | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockport | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Hail | Rockport | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Hail | Rockport | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Rockport | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockport | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Rockport | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Rockport | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Rockport | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Hail | Rockport | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Rockport | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Flash Flood | Rockport | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Rockport | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 171068. 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.










