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Roggen, Colorado

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Keenesburg-Hudson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80652. It lies near Long Draw. The Survey maps it on the Roggen quadrangle. It stands 4,701 feet above sea level.

Roggen within Weld County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

21 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Roggen between 2011 and 2019, burning about 138 acres in total. 5 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/undetermined14
Natural5
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
30 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersROGGEN
5 August 2013Naturalunder an acreSoutheast Weld Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
5 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersROGGEN
25 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSoutheast Weld Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
16 August 2019Naturalunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersN/A
1 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSoutheast Weld Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
31 July 2013Natural20 acresSoutheast Weld Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
22 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersROGGEN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Weld County

Storms near this place

55 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Roggen in 55 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 31 hail, 9 tornado, 8 thunderstorm wind, 3 funnel cloud. 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 1997LightningRoggen$100,000The owners of a Roggen area farm suspect lightning triggered a blaze that caused an estimated $100,000 in damage. Lightning apparently sparked the fire which was then spread by gusty winds. The fire destroyed a work shed, a semitrailer and a farm truck. The exact time of the incident was unknown.
May 2010Flash FloodRoggen$25,000The combination of very heavy rain and large hail produced flash flooding along State Highway 52 near Hudson and Keenseburg. Up to 18 inches of water flowed across sections of the highway, damaging the roadway. The most severe damage was reported at the intersection of State Highway 52 and County Road 49. Extensive crop damage was also reported in the area. The highway remained closed until the floodwaters subsided.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindRoggen$500Thunderstorm winds damaged trailer homes in Fort Lupton (25 miles northeast of Denver), as well as downing power lines across portions of Weld County. A four-foot bug zapper was knocked down and carried 100 feet in Roggen (14-miles southeast of Greeley).
May 2019Tornado (EF0)Roggen-A tornado touched down briefly in an open field. No damage was reported.
August 2019Tornado (EF0)Roggen-A weak tornado touched down in open country, no damage was observed.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindRoggen-Intense straight-line winds tore the roof off a large outbuilding and caved in an exterior wall. Farm equipment inside the structure was damaged. Crop damage was also observed.
June 2014Tornado (EF0)Roggen-A tornado touched down in open country; no damage was reported.
June 2014Tornado (EF0)Roggen-A tornado touched down and caused some minor damage.
September 2012Tornado (EF0)Roggen-A tornado touched down briefly but did no damage.
June 2009Tornado (EF0)Roggen-A tornado touched down but did no damage.
June 2005HailRoggen-Wheat field destroyed.
July 1998FloodRoggen-Heavy rain, up to 2.75 inches, combined with marble size hail to flood local roads and fields.
June 1997FloodRoggen-Minor flooding developed as thunderstorms producing heavy rain and hail moved through the area. A section of roadway was washed out near the intersection of County Roads 81 and 4 in southeast Weld County. Eight to ten inches of water covered the road making it impassable.
May 1993HailRoggen-Dime-size hail fell at Roggen.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindRoggen-no account filed
August 2024Thunderstorm WindRoggen-no account filed
August 2024HailRoggen-no account filed
August 2024HailRoggen-no account filed
June 2023HailRoggen-no account filed
August 2021HailRoggen-no account filed
August 2019HailRoggen-no account filed
July 2016HailRoggen-no account filed
June 2011Thunderstorm WindRoggen-no account filed
June 2011HailRoggen-no account filed
May 2010HailRoggen-no account filed
May 2010HailRoggen-no account filed
July 2009HailRoggen-no account filed
June 2006HailRoggen-no account filed
June 2006HailRoggen-no account filed
April 2005HailRoggen-no account filed
April 2005HailRoggen-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindRoggen-no account filed
June 2005HailRoggen-no account filed
June 2004HailRoggen-no account filed
June 2004HailRoggen-no account filed
May 2003HailRoggen-no account filed
May 2001HailRoggen-no account filed
May 2000Tornado (F0)Roggen-no account filed
July 2000HailRoggen-no account filed
May 1999HailRoggen-no account filed
May 1999HailRoggen-no account filed
May 1998HailRoggen-no account filed
August 1998Tornado (F0)Roggen-no account filed
August 1998HailRoggen-no account filed
August 1998Thunderstorm WindRoggen-no account filed
May 1997HailRoggen-no account filed
May 1996HailRoggen-no account filed
June 1996Funnel CloudRoggen-no account filed
June 1996Funnel CloudRoggen-no account filed
June 1996Funnel CloudRoggen-no account filed
July 1996Tornado (F0)Roggen-no account filed
July 1996HailRoggen-no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindRoggen-no account filed
July 1996HailRoggen-no account filed
May 1993HailRoggen-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
Tampa4.6 miles13
South Roggen4.8 miles12
Krauss5.6 miles15
Johnson6.7 miles15
Prospect Valley6.9 miles15
Keenesburg8.8 miles20
Sloan10.1 miles15
Canton10.3 miles11

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 RoggenAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7359392The 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 204697. 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.

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.