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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1951 USGS Roggen quadrangle1:24000, 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
- 1982 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
21 since 2011Regional 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/undetermined | 14 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | ROGGEN |
| 5 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Southeast Weld Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 5 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | ROGGEN |
| 25 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southeast Weld Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 16 August 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | N/A |
| 1 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Southeast Weld Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 31 July 2013 | Natural | 20 acres | Southeast Weld Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 22 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | ROGGEN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
55 since 1993Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1997 | Lightning | Roggen | $100,000 | The 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 2010 | Flash Flood | Roggen | $25,000 | The 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 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roggen | $500 | Thunderstorm 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 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Roggen | - | A tornado touched down briefly in an open field. No damage was reported. |
| August 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Roggen | - | A weak tornado touched down in open country, no damage was observed. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roggen | - | 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 2014 | Tornado (EF0) | Roggen | - | A tornado touched down in open country; no damage was reported. |
| June 2014 | Tornado (EF0) | Roggen | - | A tornado touched down and caused some minor damage. |
| September 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Roggen | - | A tornado touched down briefly but did no damage. |
| June 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Roggen | - | A tornado touched down but did no damage. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Roggen | - | Wheat field destroyed. |
| July 1998 | Flood | Roggen | - | Heavy rain, up to 2.75 inches, combined with marble size hail to flood local roads and fields. |
| June 1997 | Flood | Roggen | - | 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 1993 | Hail | Roggen | - | Dime-size hail fell at Roggen. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roggen | - | no account filed |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roggen | - | no account filed |
| August 2024 | Hail | Roggen | - | no account filed |
| August 2024 | Hail | Roggen | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Roggen | - | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Hail | Roggen | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Roggen | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Roggen | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roggen | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Roggen | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Roggen | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Roggen | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Roggen | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Roggen | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Roggen | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Roggen | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Roggen | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roggen | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Roggen | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Roggen | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Roggen | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Roggen | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Roggen | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Roggen | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Roggen | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Roggen | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Roggen | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Roggen | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Roggen | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Hail | Roggen | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roggen | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Roggen | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Roggen | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Funnel Cloud | Roggen | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Funnel Cloud | Roggen | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Funnel Cloud | Roggen | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Roggen | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Roggen | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roggen | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Roggen | - | no account filed |
| May 1993 | Hail | Roggen | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| South Roggen | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Krauss | 5.6 miles | 15 | |
| Johnson | 6.7 miles | 15 | |
| Prospect Valley | 6.9 miles | 15 | |
| Keenesburg | 8.8 miles | 20 | |
| Sloan | 10.1 miles | 15 | |
| Canton | 10.3 miles | 11 |
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 Roggen | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7359392 | 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 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.







