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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.

Rockport within Weld County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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

16 since 1993

Regional 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/undetermined8
Arson/incendiarism3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1
Debris and open burning1

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
29 September 2001Natural250 acresArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandNUNN
22 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
3 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
3 July 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
3 July 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWeld Countynot named
27 July 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
8 May 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWeld Countynot named
7 May 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNunn Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Weld County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel

Every working recorded in Weld County

Storms near this place

28 since 1995

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2021Flash FloodRockport$5,000Another flash flood produced 3 feet of running water. Several vehicles along with some heavy equipment were moved.
June 2021Flash FloodRockport$5,000Heavy rain produced flash flooding. The floodwaters moved several cars, along with some heavy equipment.
August 2007Flash FloodRockport$1,000no account filed
July 2023Tornado (EFU)Rockport-A tornado touched down briefly in open country near Carr. No damage was reported.
July 2021Flash FloodRockport-A storm produced 5 inches of rain along Coal Creek, followed by localized flash flooding.
June 2021Flash FloodRockport-A storm produced 5 inches of rain along Coal Creek, followed by flash flooding.
May 2010Tornado (EF0)Rockport-A tornado touched down but did no damage.
May 2006HailRockport-Golfball size hail caused extensive crop and roof damage. Large tree limbs were downed and some car windshields broken.
May 2004Tornado (F0)Rockport-A small tornado touched down but did no damage.
July 1997Tornado (F1)Rockport-A tornado touched down ripping a portion of the roof and porch off a house.
July 2025HailRockport-no account filed
May 2023Thunderstorm WindRockport-no account filed
July 2023Thunderstorm WindRockport-no account filed
July 2022Thunderstorm WindRockport-no account filed
June 2020Thunderstorm WindRockport-no account filed
June 2020Thunderstorm WindRockport-no account filed
June 2020Thunderstorm WindRockport-no account filed
August 2020HailRockport-no account filed
August 2020HailRockport-no account filed
June 2018HailRockport-no account filed
July 2018Thunderstorm WindRockport-no account filed
July 2016HailRockport-no account filed
May 2008HailRockport-no account filed
June 2002HailRockport-no account filed
August 1997HailRockport-no account filed
July 1996HailRockport-no account filed
August 1996Flash FloodRockport-no account filed
June 1995HailRockport-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Weld 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
Carr4.2 miles18
Warren6.6 miles17
Dover8.3 miles17
Nunn13.5 miles15
Pierce18.3 miles15
Stage20.0 miles18
Purcell20.7 miles16
Ault22.1 miles18

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.