Schramm, Colorado
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Yuma census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80759. The Survey maps it on the Schramm quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS Sterling quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Sterling quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Schramm quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Wray quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
41 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Schramm between 1993 and 2020, burning about 733 acres in total. 3 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 | 35 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 350 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 29 September 2010 | Smoking | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 15 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Yuma Volunteer Fire Department (Yuma Rural Fire Protection District) | UNKNOWN |
| 12 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | N/A |
| 5 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 25 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 21 July 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 7 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Yuma Volunteer Fire Department (Yuma Rural Fire Protection District) | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Schramm: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
34 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Schramm in 34 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 23 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 3 tornado, 1 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 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schramm | - | The mesonet site KCOYUMA15 on WeatherUnderground reported the wind gust. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schramm | - | Site RMR Ranch measured a 76 mph wind gust. The wind gust correlated with an area of decaying showers and storms moving out of Washington county into Yuma county. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schramm | - | Weatherlink site RDM Cattle reported the wind gust. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schramm | - | Weather link site named Yuma Dairy reported the wind gust. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schramm | - | A spotter reported estimated wind gusts up to 50 mph that caused blowing dust to occur as a thunderstorm moved over the location. Visibility was reduced to 100 yards. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schramm | - | Observed via Weather Underground station KCOYUMA15. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schramm | - | Over a duration of two minutes, a thunderstorms produced wind gusts of 60 to 64 mph over the RMR Ranch mesonet station. |
| August 2023 | Tornado (EFU) | Schramm | - | A multivortex tornado was observed moving between County Roads 34 and 29 across open land. No damage was reported. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schramm | - | Weather Underground mesonet station KCOYUMA15 at the RMR Ranch observed 59 to 65 mph gusts over a span of 11 minutes. The strongest gust occurred at 8:56 pm MDT. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schramm | - | Observed via a mesonet station at the Yuma Dairy. |
| June 2022 | Tornado (EFU) | Schramm | - | Report of a tornado being spotted at roughly 6:58 pm MDT, which lasted around 8 minutes. Visible ground circulation beneath a funnel. Estimated precise locations with radar. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schramm | - | Mesonet station EckleyGPCC reported a 75 mph gust. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schramm | - | Mesonet station RDMCATTLE reported a 60 mph wind gust. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schramm | - | Reported via Weather Underground, mesonet station KCOYUMA15 recorded a 59 mph wind gust. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schramm | - | A member of the public observed an estimated 60 mph wind gust associated with a severe thunderstorm. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schramm | - | Mesonet station at location recorded a thunderstorm wind gust of 59 mph. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schramm | - | Mesonet station recorded a heat burst at location (58 mph wind gust and temperature increase to 92 degrees as showers and thunderstorms were decaying). |
| June 2016 | Hail | Schramm | - | Hail up to the size of quarters was observed by a trained spotter. |
| May 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Schramm | - | A brief weak tornado occurred near the town of Heartstrong. The tornado tracked north-northeast near the CR Q and CR 29 intersection, the CR Q and CR 30 intersection, then ended west of CR R. No damage or injuries were reported due to this tornado. Due to tornado being in the rural part of the county no damage was reported. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schramm | - | Spotter estimated 60 mph wind gusts at the intersection of Road R and Road 32. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schramm | - | Three-inch diameter live tree limbs were blown down. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schramm | - | The public estimated peak wind gusts near 70 mph. |
| August 2008 | Hail | Schramm | - | Time estimated. 50 mph winds also occurred. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schramm | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schramm | - | no account filed |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schramm | - | no account filed |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schramm | - | no account filed |
| August 2023 | Hail | Schramm | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schramm | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Funnel Cloud | Schramm | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Schramm | - | no account filed |
| August 2014 | Hail | Schramm | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Schramm | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Schramm | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eckley | 6.1 miles | 8 | |
| Yuma | 6.3 miles | 9 | |
| Heartstrong | 11.6 miles | 8 | |
| Robb | 12.4 miles | 7 | |
| Abarr | 18.9 miles | 8 | |
| Vernon | 19.3 miles | 8 | |
| Clarkville | 19.4 miles | 7 | |
| Wray | 20.5 miles | 9 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122563146 | 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 183024. 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.



