Shaw, Colorado
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Arriba census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80804. The Survey maps it on the Shaw quadrangle.
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 Shaw quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Last Chance quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Shaw in 2017, burning under an acre 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southwest Washington County Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
Storms near this place
30 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shaw in 30 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 22 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2008 | Flash Flood | Shaw | $5,000 | Heavy rain caused flash flooding near mile marker 213, along State Highway 71. Floodwaters, 2 to 3 feet in depth, covered the highway. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Shaw | - | Hail lasted for 20 minutes total. Largest hail was estimated to be golf ball size. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Shaw | - | Social media photo of a hailstone slightly larger than a ping pong ball. |
| May 2024 | Flash Flood | Shaw | - | Video of water and mud/hail flowing across county road 3Z near county road 41. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shaw | - | Report is from the Ambient weather network. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Shaw | - | The spotter reported a few one inch hail stones fell. |
| June 2014 | Tornado (EF0) | Shaw | - | A tornado touched in open country. No damage was reported. |
| June 2014 | Tornado (EF0) | Shaw | - | A tornado touched down near Washington County Roads M and 2; no damage was reported. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shaw | - | Strong winds produced extensive blowing dust in the area. |
| June 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Shaw | - | A small tornado touched down but did no damage. |
| August 2025 | Hail | Shaw | - | no account filed |
| August 2025 | Hail | Shaw | - | no account filed |
| August 2025 | Hail | Shaw | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Hail | Shaw | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Shaw | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Shaw | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Shaw | - | no account filed |
| August 2016 | Hail | Shaw | - | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Hail | Shaw | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Shaw | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Shaw | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Shaw | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Shaw | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Shaw | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Shaw | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shaw | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Shaw | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Shaw | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Shaw | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Shaw | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 195060. 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.




