Tonville, Colorado
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Keenesburg-Hudson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80603. The Survey maps it on the Hudson quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 24 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.
- 1902 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1949 USGS Hudson quadrangle1:24000, 8 printings
- 1951 USGS Hudson quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Hudson quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
262 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 262 fires within 5 miles of Tonville between 2010 and 2020, burning about 399 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 5 were 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 | 201 |
| Smoking | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | N/A |
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | BRIGHTON |
| 6 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | N/A |
| 6 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Hudson Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 5 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Greater Brighton Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 3 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | HUDSON |
| 3 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | HUDSON |
| 28 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Greater Brighton Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Tonville: 2 producers, 2 occurrences. 2 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 Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel |
Storms near this place
6 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tonville in 6 storm reports between 1997 and 2010: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood. 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 | Tonville | $25,000 | Heavy rain and torrential hail produced flash flooding over southeast Weld County. Fifty thousand acres of cropland was heavily damaged. Ham radio spotters reported water running across State Highway 52, east of Prospect Valley, forcing its closure. In addition, State Highways 14 and 392 near Briggdale were also inundated with water. Several county roads were either flooded or completely washed out. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tonville | - | Damaging winds from a wet microburst downed two 30-ft flag poles. Several tree branches 3 inches in diameter were snapped, and a wind gage broke. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Tonville | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tonville | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tonville | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Tonville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lochbuie | 0.7 miles | 24 | |
| Hudson | 5.5 miles | 24 | |
| Powars | 5.9 miles | 21 | |
| Wattenberg | 7.2 miles | 21 | |
| Aristocrat Ranchettes | 7.6 miles | 21 | |
| Fort Lupton | 7.8 miles | 21 | |
| Roy | 10.1 miles | 20 | |
| Vollmar | 11.3 miles | 20 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122591331 | 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 180868. 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.










