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Strasburg, Colorado

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It lies in ZIP code area 80136. The Survey maps it on the Strasburg quadrangle. 3,307 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,381 feet above sea level.

Strasburg within Adams County

On record in Strasburg

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

Population over time

2 figures

Strasburg grew from 2,447 to 3,307 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
20102,447
20203,307+860 (+35%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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

58 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Strasburg between 2010 and 2020, burning about 598 acres in total. 4 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined49
Natural4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1

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
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersBYERS
24 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
23 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBennett Fire Protection DistrictN/A
23 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBennett Fire Protection DistrictN/A
22 September 2010Naturalunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
9 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersWATKINS
8 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBennett Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
5 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBennett Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Adams 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 Strasburg: 3 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel

Every working recorded in Adams County

Storms near this place

60 of 83 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Strasburg in 83 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 38 hail, 22 tornado, 21 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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
May 2002Thunderstorm WindStrasburg1 hurtA very strong dry microburst swept a woman up into swirl of dirt and carried her approximately 150 feet. The woman was in an open field, corraling a yearling horse, when the incident occurred. Fortunately, she received only minor injuries.
July 1996Tornado (F2)Strasburg$220,000no account filed
July 2018Tornado (EF1)Strasburg$100,000A tornado touched down a tossed a cattle feeder one quarter of a mile. In addition, some farm equipment was knocked over and the windows of a home were blown out.
May 2015Tornado (EF1)Strasburg$15,000A tornado touched down briefly and extensively damaged a storage shed.
May 2016HailStrasburg-The spotter also measured a peak wind gust to 55 mph.
May 2014Tornado (EF0)Strasburg-A tornado touched down briefly. No damage was observed.
September 2012Tornado (EF0)Strasburg-A tornado touched down briefly but did no damage.
May 2011Tornado (EF0)Strasburg-A tornado touched down briefly but did no damage.
April 2010Tornado (EF0)Strasburg-A tornado touched down briefly but did no damage.
June 2010HailStrasburg-Hail accumulated up to 5 inches in depth.
June 2009Tornado (EF0)Strasburg-A small tornado touched down but did no damage.
June 2009Tornado (EF0)Strasburg-A tornado touched down briefly but did no damage.
June 2009Tornado (EF0)Strasburg-A tornado touched down but did no damage.
June 2008Tornado (EF0)Strasburg-A small tornado touched down but did no damage.
June 2008Tornado (EF0)Strasburg-A small tornado touched down but did no damage.
June 2004Tornado (F0)Strasburg-A small tornado touched down but did no damage.
March 2003Tornado (F0)Strasburg-The first tornado of the season preceded the second biggest blizzard in Denver weather history. The small landspout touched down briefly but did no damage.
May 2003Tornado (F0)Strasburg-A tornado touched down briefly but did no damage.
June 2003Tornado (F0)Strasburg-A small tornado touched down but did no damage.
July 1998Flash FloodStrasburg-Flood and flash flooding occurred north of Strasburg as 2.51 inches of rain fell in an hour. The deluge resulted in considerable flooding of local streets and county roads.
June 1995Tornado (F0)Strasburg-A tornado on open land moved approximately a half mile cyclonically around the meso-cyclone. Although the tornado did no damage, it is likely that the tornado reached a period of F2 strength.
July 1995Tornado (F0)Strasburg-Tornado touched down in an open field.
May 2023HailStrasburg-no account filed
May 2023HailStrasburg-no account filed
May 2023HailStrasburg-no account filed
May 2023HailStrasburg-no account filed
July 2020HailStrasburg-no account filed
August 2019HailStrasburg-no account filed
May 2019HailStrasburg-no account filed
July 2018HailStrasburg-no account filed
July 2018HailStrasburg-no account filed
July 2018HailStrasburg-no account filed
June 2016Thunderstorm WindStrasburg-no account filed
May 2016HailStrasburg-no account filed
May 2016HailStrasburg-no account filed
May 2016HailStrasburg-no account filed
July 2015Thunderstorm WindStrasburg-no account filed
June 2014HailStrasburg-no account filed
March 2013Thunderstorm WindStrasburg-no account filed
April 2013HailStrasburg-no account filed
June 2013HailStrasburg-no account filed
July 2013Thunderstorm WindStrasburg-no account filed
July 2013Thunderstorm WindStrasburg-no account filed
June 2012Thunderstorm WindStrasburg-no account filed
June 2012HailStrasburg-no account filed
June 2012HailStrasburg-no account filed
June 2011Thunderstorm WindStrasburg-no account filed
May 2011HailStrasburg-no account filed
June 2011Thunderstorm WindStrasburg-no account filed
June 2011Thunderstorm WindStrasburg-no account filed
April 2010HailStrasburg-no account filed
June 2010HailStrasburg-no account filed
June 2010HailStrasburg-no account filed
June 2010HailStrasburg-no account filed
June 2010HailStrasburg-no account filed
June 2010HailStrasburg-no account filed
June 2009Thunderstorm WindStrasburg-no account filed
August 2009HailStrasburg-no account filed
July 2009Thunderstorm WindStrasburg-no account filed
July 2009Thunderstorm WindStrasburg-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Adams 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
Bennett5.7 miles17
Manila10.6 miles14
Living Springs10.6 miles15
Watkins15.1 miles19
Cabin Creek15.5 miles15
Comanche17.1 miles15
Leader18.0 miles16
Friendly Village24.7 miles26

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 StrasburgAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1959298The 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 184999. 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.