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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.

Shaw within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

1 since 2017

Regional 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/undetermined1

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
8 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwest Washington County Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Storms near this place

30 since 2007

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2008Flash FloodShaw$5,000Heavy rain caused flash flooding near mile marker 213, along State Highway 71. Floodwaters, 2 to 3 feet in depth, covered the highway.
May 2024HailShaw-Hail lasted for 20 minutes total. Largest hail was estimated to be golf ball size.
May 2024HailShaw-Social media photo of a hailstone slightly larger than a ping pong ball.
May 2024Flash FloodShaw-Video of water and mud/hail flowing across county road 3Z near county road 41.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindShaw-Report is from the Ambient weather network.
June 2024HailShaw-The spotter reported a few one inch hail stones fell.
June 2014Tornado (EF0)Shaw-A tornado touched in open country. No damage was reported.
June 2014Tornado (EF0)Shaw-A tornado touched down near Washington County Roads M and 2; no damage was reported.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindShaw-Strong winds produced extensive blowing dust in the area.
June 2008Tornado (EF0)Shaw-A small tornado touched down but did no damage.
August 2025HailShaw-no account filed
August 2025HailShaw-no account filed
August 2025HailShaw-no account filed
August 2020HailShaw-no account filed
July 2020HailShaw-no account filed
July 2020HailShaw-no account filed
May 2018HailShaw-no account filed
August 2016HailShaw-no account filed
July 2014HailShaw-no account filed
May 2014HailShaw-no account filed
May 2014HailShaw-no account filed
June 2012HailShaw-no account filed
June 2011HailShaw-no account filed
May 2009HailShaw-no account filed
June 2009HailShaw-no account filed
July 2008Thunderstorm WindShaw-no account filed
May 2007HailShaw-no account filed
May 2007HailShaw-no account filed
May 2007HailShaw-no account filed
May 2007HailShaw-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lincoln 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
Bovina18.7 miles8
Arriba18.8 miles9
Genoa20.2 miles15
Limon26.5 miles15
Hugo29.2 miles8
Clifford35.0 miles9
Boyero42.2 miles12
Punkin Center51.5 miles13

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.