Shamrock, Colorado
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the East Adams census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80701. The Survey maps it on the Shamrock quadrangle. It stands 4,902 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Limon quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Limon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Limon quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Shamrock quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Last Chance quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Shamrock in 2020, burning about 4,200 acres in total. None 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,200 acres | Adams County Office | SHAMROCK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
27 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shamrock in 27 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 14 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 6 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1993 | Hail | Shamrock | $500 | no account filed |
| September 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shamrock | $500 | no account filed |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shamrock | - | The report was from mesonet station CSU71. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shamrock | - | Report from Ambient Weather Network. |
| August 2024 | Flash Flood | Shamrock | - | US Highway 36 closed, due to hail accumulation and water on road. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shamrock | - | Large tree limb, 6 inches in diameter, snapped. Marble hail and torrential rain. |
| August 2024 | Tornado (EFU) | Shamrock | - | Landspout tornado. Estimated to be 4-5 miles south/southeast of Prospect Rd and CR 152 in eastern Adams County. The tornado occurred over an open field with no damage. |
| July 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Shamrock | - | A tornado touched down in open country. No damage was observed. |
| May 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Shamrock | - | A tornado touched down briefly but did no damage. |
| August 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Shamrock | - | A weak tornado touched down briefly but no damage was observed. |
| April 1994 | Hail | Shamrock | - | Marble-size hail, accumulating to a depth of two inches, damaged a wheat crop near Shamrock (37 miles southwest of Akron). |
| July 1994 | Tornado (F0) | Shamrock | - | The public reported a brief tornado touchdown in an open field southeast of Shamrock (53 miles east northeast of Denver). No damage or injuries was reported. |
| July 1994 | Tornado (F0) | Shamrock | - | Spotters reported a brief tornado touchdown in an open field southeast of Shamrock (53 miles east northeast of Denver). No damage or injuries was reported. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Shamrock | - | no account filed |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shamrock | - | no account filed |
| May 2023 | Hail | Shamrock | - | no account filed |
| May 2023 | Hail | Shamrock | - | no account filed |
| May 2023 | Hail | Shamrock | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Shamrock | - | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Hail | Shamrock | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shamrock | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Hail | Shamrock | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Shamrock | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Hail | Shamrock | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Hail | Shamrock | - | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Hail | Shamrock | - | no account filed |
| September 1993 | Hail | Shamrock | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leader | 12.8 miles | 16 | |
| Cabin Creek | 15.1 miles | 15 | |
| Living Springs | 25.7 miles | 15 | |
| Comanche | 26.6 miles | 15 | |
| Strasburg | 28.7 miles | 14 | |
| Bennett | 33.5 miles | 17 | |
| Manila | 38.5 miles | 14 | |
| Watkins | 43.0 miles | 19 |
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 Q7487631 | 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 183046. 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.




