Weston, Colorado
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Weston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81091. It lies near Wet Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Weston quadrangle. 53 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,890 feet above sea level.
On record in Weston
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Population over time
2 figuresWeston fell from 55 to 53 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 55 | |
| 2020 | 53 | -2 (-4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 21 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.
- 1891 USGS Spanish Peaks quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Spanish Peaks quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Spanish Peaks quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Spanish Peaks quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1900 USGS Spanish Peaks quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Weston quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
12 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Weston between 1992 and 2018, burning about 403 acres in total. 4 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 | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 August 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Las Animas County | not named |
| 18 July 2016 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Stonewall Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 17 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | WESTON |
| 16 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | WESTON |
| 7 June 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Las Animas County | not named |
| 26 May 2000 | Natural | 395 acres | Pueblo County | BOSQUE |
| 16 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Stonewall Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 15 May 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Las Animas County | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Weston: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
17 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Weston in 17 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 13 hail, 3 heavy rain, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | Weston | $20,000 | Several roads north of Highway 12 sustained severe erosion due to deep, fast-flowing water. |
| June 2023 | Heavy Rain | Weston | - | There was 1.57 inches of rain reported. |
| June 2023 | Heavy Rain | Weston | - | There was 1.61 inches of rain recorded. |
| August 2021 | Heavy Rain | Weston | - | Heavy rainfall of 2.28 inches. |
| August 2019 | Hail | Weston | - | Nickel sized hail reported. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Weston | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Weston | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Weston | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Weston | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Weston | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Weston | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Weston | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Weston | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Weston | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Weston | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Weston | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Weston | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cordova Plaza | 1.0 miles | 21 | |
| Medina Plaza | 3.0 miles | 21 | |
| Velasquez Plaza | 3.6 miles | 20 | |
| Zamara | 4.1 miles | 21 | |
| Sarcillo | 4.8 miles | 21 | |
| Segundo | 5.0 miles | 21 | |
| Vigil | 5.3 miles | 21 | |
| Primero (historical) | 5.7 miles | 21 |
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 Weston | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7989353 | 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 204810. 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.














