Stonington, Colorado
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Walsh census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81090. The Survey maps it on the Stonington quadrangle. It stands 3,809 feet above sea level.
On record in Stonington
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Stonington First Methodist-Episcopal Churchlisted 1996
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1892 USGS Vilas quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS La Junta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS La Junta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS La Junta quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Stonington quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
7 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Stonington between 1993 and 1995, burning about 244 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 May 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | 140 acres | Baca County Office | not named |
| 23 April 1994 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Baca County Office | not named |
| 11 March 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Baca County Office | not named |
| 6 February 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Baca County Office | not named |
| 6 February 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Baca County Office | not named |
| 26 February 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Baca County Office | not named |
| 12 November 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | 100 acres | Baca County Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
42 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stonington in 42 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 27 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 funnel cloud, 2 tornado. 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 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stonington | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Tornado (EF1) | Stonington | $3,000 | A short-lived tornado struck a windmill in open country of southeast Baca County. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stonington | $2,000 | A pole barn was damaged. |
| May 2015 | Lightning | Stonington | $1,500 | Three horses were killed by lightning. |
| August 2025 | Flash Flood | Stonington | - | Flooding on Hwy 160 near Walsh. Flooding reported at Walsh Health Center. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stonington | - | Mesonet station dw6957 at Walsh reported 64mph wind gust. |
| July 2022 | Heavy Rain | Stonington | - | Heavy rainfall of 1.54 inches. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Stonington | - | Report of ping pong ball size hail along Hwy 160 at the Colorado and Kansas state line. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stonington | - | Near Stonington. |
| September 2012 | Hail | Stonington | - | Hail covered the ground to a depth of 2 inches. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Stonington | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Stonington | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Stonington | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Stonington | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Stonington | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Stonington | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Stonington | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stonington | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Hail | Stonington | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Stonington | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Hail | Stonington | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Hail | Stonington | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Stonington | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Stonington | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Funnel Cloud | Stonington | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Funnel Cloud | Stonington | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Stonington | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Funnel Cloud | Stonington | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Hail | Stonington | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stonington | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stonington | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Stonington | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Stonington | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Stonington | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Stonington | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Stonington | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Stonington | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Stonington | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Stonington | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Stonington | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Stonington | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Stonington | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walsh | 8.0 miles | 13 | |
| Bartlett | 9.9 miles | 13 | |
| Midway | 10.0 miles | 13 | |
| Vilas | 14.8 miles | 14 | |
| Buckeye Crossroads | 18.5 miles | 14 | |
| Two Buttes | 21.6 miles | 14 | |
| Lycan | 22.2 miles | 14 | |
| Springfield | 24.0 miles | 13 |
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 Stonington | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q107803505 | 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 196221. 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.





