Snyder, Colorado
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Brush census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80750. It lies near Dead Horse Draw. The Survey maps it on the Brush East quadrangle. 136 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,203 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresSnyder grew from 132 to 136 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 132 | |
| 2020 | 136 | +4 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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 Brush East quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Sterling quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Sterling quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Brush East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Fort Morgan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
40 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Snyder between 2011 and 2018, burning about 120 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 | 36 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Brush Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 25 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Brush Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 18 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Hillrose-Snyder Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 12 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Brush Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 11 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Brush Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 9 June 2018 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Brush Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 4 June 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Brush Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 3 June 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Brush Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Snyder: 3 occurrences, 3 producers. 3 still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Sand | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Sand |
Storms near this place
28 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Snyder in 28 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 18 hail, 4 tornado, 3 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2010 | Flash Flood | Snyder | $10,000 | Several county roads were flooded. |
| August 2024 | Flash Flood | Snyder | - | The report came from Mping. |
| May 2023 | Tornado (EFU) | Snyder | - | A tornado touched down in an open field. No damage was observed. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snyder | - | Intense thunderstorm winds downed power lines around the towns of Brush and Hillrose. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Snyder | - | Large hail broke several windows. |
| July 2018 | Tornado (EF2) | Snyder | - | A tornado touched down and destroyed Brush Municipal Airport. Small planes were flipped over and hangers were leveled. Major tree and roof damage was also observed. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Snyder | - | In addition, a gust to 60 mph was reported. |
| May 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Snyder | - | A small tornado touched down briefly but did no damage. |
| June 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Snyder | - | A small tornado touched down but did no damage. |
| May 1999 | Flood | Snyder | - | Heavy rain and small hail caused minor flooding along State Highway 71, near Snyder, where up to 8 inches of water covered the roadway. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Snyder | - | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Hail | Snyder | - | no account filed |
| May 2021 | Hail | Snyder | - | no account filed |
| May 2021 | Hail | Snyder | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Snyder | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Snyder | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Snyder | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Snyder | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Snyder | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Snyder | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snyder | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Snyder | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Snyder | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Snyder | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Snyder | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Snyder | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Snyder | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Snyder | - | 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.
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 Snyder | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3475835 | 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 182931. 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.




