Truckton, Colorado
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Southeastern El Paso census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80864. The Survey maps it on the Truckton quadrangle. It stands 6,024 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1893 USGS Big Springs quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Truckton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Colorado Springs quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
20 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Truckton between 1992 and 2019, burning about 6,914 acres in total. 3 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/undetermined | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Natural | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 2019 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 8 August 1995 | Natural | 4.0 acres | El Paso County | not named |
| 18 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | EDISON |
| 17 June 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 11 June 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tri-County Volunteer Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 8 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tri-County Volunteer Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 31 May 2002 | Natural | 6,000 acres | Pueblo Interagency Dispatch Center | EL PASO COUNTY COMPLEX |
| 9 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tri-County Volunteer Fire Department | 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 Truckton: 3 producers, 1 occurrence. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel |
Storms near this place
38 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Truckton in 38 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 28 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Truckton | $30,000 | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Truckton | $2,000 | Windows broken out in the house and vehicle. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Truckton | - | A Storm Chaser reported a measured thunderstorm wind gust of 55 kts. Report relayed via NWS Boulder. |
| August 2023 | Hail | Truckton | - | Mping report. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Truckton | - | High based showers produced the outflow winds. |
| July 2022 | Flash Flood | Truckton | - | Flash flooding of roads. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Truckton | - | Two barn structures were destroyed. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Truckton | - | Public report of 1.25 inch hail. |
| August 2016 | Flash Flood | Truckton | - | Heavy rain caused flash flooding of roadways and low spots, with many instances of rushing water of more than 6 inches deep. |
| May 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Truckton | - | A tornado occurred over open country and caused no damage. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Truckton | - | Windshields and skylights broken out near Truckton. |
| June 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Truckton | - | A brief tornado occurred over open country with no known damage. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Truckton | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Truckton | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Truckton | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Truckton | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Truckton | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Truckton | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Truckton | - | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Hail | Truckton | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Truckton | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Truckton | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Truckton | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Truckton | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Truckton | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Hail | Truckton | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Hail | Truckton | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Truckton | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Truckton | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Truckton | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Truckton | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Truckton | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Truckton | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Truckton | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Truckton | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Truckton | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Truckton | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Truckton | - | 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.
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 Truckton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q12831394 | 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 193631. 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.








