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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.

Snyder within Morgan County

Population over time

2 figures

Snyder 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.

YearPeople Change
2010132
2020136+4 (+3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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

40 since 2011

Regional 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/undetermined36
Equipment and vehicle use3
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
11 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBrush Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
25 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBrush Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
18 July 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreHillrose-Snyder Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
12 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBrush Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
11 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBrush Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
9 June 2018Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreBrush Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
4 June 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBrush Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
3 June 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBrush Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Morgan County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSand
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSand

Every working recorded in Morgan County

Storms near this place

28 since 1997

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2010Flash FloodSnyder$10,000Several county roads were flooded.
August 2024Flash FloodSnyder-The report came from Mping.
May 2023Tornado (EFU)Snyder-A tornado touched down in an open field. No damage was observed.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindSnyder-Intense thunderstorm winds downed power lines around the towns of Brush and Hillrose.
June 2018HailSnyder-Large hail broke several windows.
July 2018Tornado (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 2010HailSnyder-In addition, a gust to 60 mph was reported.
May 2005Tornado (F0)Snyder-A small tornado touched down briefly but did no damage.
June 2005Tornado (F0)Snyder-A small tornado touched down but did no damage.
May 1999FloodSnyder-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 2023HailSnyder-no account filed
July 2022HailSnyder-no account filed
May 2021HailSnyder-no account filed
May 2021HailSnyder-no account filed
June 2016HailSnyder-no account filed
June 2013HailSnyder-no account filed
June 2012HailSnyder-no account filed
June 2010HailSnyder-no account filed
June 2010HailSnyder-no account filed
June 2010HailSnyder-no account filed
July 2009Thunderstorm WindSnyder-no account filed
July 2007Flash FloodSnyder-no account filed
July 2007HailSnyder-no account filed
July 2007HailSnyder-no account filed
June 2004HailSnyder-no account filed
June 2004HailSnyder-no account filed
July 2000HailSnyder-no account filed
June 1997HailSnyder-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Morgan 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
Camden3.0 miles11
Hillrose4.0 miles11
Cooper4.2 miles11
Brush5.1 miles11
Union6.0 miles8
Nelson6.3 miles11
Dodd6.6 miles11
Lodi7.8 miles11

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 SnyderAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3475835The 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.