Thurman, Colorado
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Cope census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80815. The Survey maps it on the Thurman quadrangle. It stands 4,876 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS Limon quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Limon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Limon quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Thurman quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Last Chance quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Thurman between 2014 and 2017, burning about 5 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southwest Washington County Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 8 May 2017 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Southwest Washington County Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 8 May 2017 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Southwest Washington County Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
Storms near this place
8 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Thurman in 8 storm reports between 2014 and 2025: 8 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2025 | Hail | Thurman | - | Hen egg to baseball size hail reported. |
| August 2025 | Hail | Thurman | - | The report was from mPING. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Thurman | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Thurman | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Thurman | - | no account filed |
| September 2016 | Hail | Thurman | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Thurman | - | no account filed |
| September 2014 | Hail | Thurman | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anton | 10.0 miles | 8 | |
| Arickaree | 10.7 miles | 8 | |
| Lindon | 14.4 miles | 8 | |
| Wiladel | 15.0 miles | 8 | |
| Cope | 20.0 miles | 8 | |
| Last Chance | 22.2 miles | 8 | |
| De Nova (historical) | 22.3 miles | 8 | |
| Elba | 24.3 miles | 8 |
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 Thurman | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14685124 | 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 1950960. 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.




