Tyrone, Colorado
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Model census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81059. The Survey maps it on the Tyrone quadrangle. It stands 5,541 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 16 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.
- 1892 USGS Elmoro quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Elmoro quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Elmoro quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Tyrone quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Tyrone quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
2 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Tyrone between 1994 and 2005, burning about 108 acres in total. 1 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 | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 30 June 1994 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Las Animas County | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Tyrone: 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pits | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
12 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tyrone in 12 storm reports between 1996 and 2020: 6 hail, 4 heavy rain, 2 tornado. 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 2020 | Heavy Rain | Tyrone | - | Heavy rainfall of 2.21 inches. Van Bremer Arroyo. |
| August 2020 | Heavy Rain | Tyrone | - | Heavy rainfall of 1.79 inches. Brown Sheep Camp. |
| June 2020 | Heavy Rain | Tyrone | - | Heavy rain, 2.38 inches. |
| June 2020 | Heavy Rain | Tyrone | - | Heavy rain, 2.53 inches. 24 hour total. |
| June 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Tyrone | - | A brief tornado occurred over open country with no known damage. |
| July 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Tyrone | - | A small, short-lived tornado caused no known damage over open country of north-central Las Animas county. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Tyrone | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Tyrone | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Tyrone | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Tyrone | - | no account filed |
| September 1998 | Hail | Tyrone | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Hail | Tyrone | - | 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 Tyrone | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7861563 | 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 204807. 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.










