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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.

Truckton within El Paso County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

20 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined11
Recreation and ceremony6
Natural3

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
1 September 2019Natural5.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
8 August 1995Natural4.0 acresEl Paso Countynot named
18 June 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersEDISON
17 June 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
11 June 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTri-County Volunteer Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
8 May 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTri-County Volunteer Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
31 May 2002Natural6,000 acresPueblo Interagency Dispatch CenterEL PASO COUNTY COMPLEX
9 April 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTri-County Volunteer Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in El Paso County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel

Every working recorded in El Paso County

Storms near this place

38 since 1996

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2002Thunderstorm WindTruckton$30,000no account filed
August 2009HailTruckton$2,000Windows broken out in the house and vehicle.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindTruckton-A Storm Chaser reported a measured thunderstorm wind gust of 55 kts. Report relayed via NWS Boulder.
August 2023HailTruckton-Mping report.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindTruckton-High based showers produced the outflow winds.
July 2022Flash FloodTruckton-Flash flooding of roads.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindTruckton-Two barn structures were destroyed.
June 2020HailTruckton-Public report of 1.25 inch hail.
August 2016Flash FloodTruckton-Heavy rain caused flash flooding of roadways and low spots, with many instances of rushing water of more than 6 inches deep.
May 2015Tornado (EF0)Truckton-A tornado occurred over open country and caused no damage.
June 2014HailTruckton-Windshields and skylights broken out near Truckton.
June 2004Tornado (F0)Truckton-A brief tornado occurred over open country with no known damage.
July 2023HailTruckton-no account filed
July 2023HailTruckton-no account filed
July 2023HailTruckton-no account filed
June 2016HailTruckton-no account filed
June 2016HailTruckton-no account filed
June 2016HailTruckton-no account filed
June 2016Thunderstorm WindTruckton-no account filed
July 2014HailTruckton-no account filed
May 2011HailTruckton-no account filed
August 2009HailTruckton-no account filed
June 2009HailTruckton-no account filed
June 2009HailTruckton-no account filed
August 2009HailTruckton-no account filed
August 2008HailTruckton-no account filed
August 2008HailTruckton-no account filed
June 2008HailTruckton-no account filed
May 2007HailTruckton-no account filed
June 2005HailTruckton-no account filed
May 2004HailTruckton-no account filed
June 2003HailTruckton-no account filed
May 2001HailTruckton-no account filed
June 2001HailTruckton-no account filed
May 2001Thunderstorm WindTruckton-no account filed
May 2001HailTruckton-no account filed
May 1999HailTruckton-no account filed
July 1996HailTruckton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in El Paso 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
Yoder7.3 miles16
Rush8.5 miles16
Ellicott12.9 miles18
Alta Vista20.3 miles12
Calhan21.4 miles11
Peyton25.6 miles13
Falcon26.3 miles27
Ramah26.5 miles11

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 TrucktonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q12831394The 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.