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Wiley, Colorado

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Lamar census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81092. The Survey maps it on the Wiley quadrangle. 437 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,747 feet above sea level.

Wiley within Prowers County

On record in Wiley

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 figures

Wiley grew from 405 to 437 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.

YearPeople Change
2010405
2020437+32 (+8%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 16 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

150 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 150 fires within 5 miles of Wiley between 1994 and 2020, burning about 898 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined83
Recreation and ceremony35
Equipment and vehicle use9
Arson/incendiarism6
Debris and open burning6
Natural5
Smoking5
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
7 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreProwers Countynot named
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWiley Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
4 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreProwers Countynot named
28 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreProwers Countynot named
27 September 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWiley Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
12 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
1 September 1995Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresProwers Countynot named
1 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresProwers Countynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Prowers County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Wiley: 6 occurrences, 4 unknowns, 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel

Every working recorded in Prowers County

Storms near this place

60 of 65 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wiley in 65 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 37 hail, 16 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 4 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
September 2016Thunderstorm WindWiley$20,000Four utility poles were downed.
September 2016Thunderstorm WindWiley$20,000Irrigation pivot was destroyed.
September 2016Thunderstorm WindWiley$10,000A few power poles were knocked down, and a semi-trailer was blown over.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindWiley$3,000Thunderstorm winds knocked down power poles to the east...1/4 mile south of the intersection of County Roads SS and 7.
May 2024HailWiley-Hail of 1 inch in diameter was reported by a storm chaser via social media.
May 2024Funnel CloudWiley-Multiple photos of a brief funnel cloud were reported on social media from different chasers.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindWiley-Reports from Prowers dispatch indicate multiple power poles were down throughout Prowers county. also structural damage.
May 2023Tornado (EF0)Wiley-Series of reports from the public and emergency management.
July 2022Heavy RainWiley-Heavy rainfall of 1.04 inches.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindWiley-Numerous large tree branches down just north of Wiley. Tree branch diameters were several inches wide, with one branch blocking the road.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindWiley-Overturned camper trailers, downed powerlines, and roofs blown off at the intersection of County Road SS and County Road 8.
June 2022Funnel CloudWiley-Spotter reported spotting 2 funnel clouds in the tornado warned supercell west of Wiley. They also stated seeing dust kick up underneath the supercell.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindWiley-Power outages and multiple downed trees reported.
July 2020HailWiley-Trained spotter from 2 miles south of Wiley.
August 2019HailWiley-Half dollar sized hail reported.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindWiley-A large tree had a 12-inch diameter limb broken off.
August 2015Flash FloodWiley-Many county roads and city streets were flooded to a depth of greater than 6 inches across Lamar and surrounding areas.
July 2014Flash FloodWiley-Strong storms with heavy rain caused flash flooding in the northwest part of the county. Numerous roads were flooded with washouts reported.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindWiley-Trees were down...blocking the road near the intersection of Highway 196 and County Road 2.
June 2009Tornado (EF0)Wiley-A short-lived tornado knocked down part of a diseased tree and moved over open fields before dissipating.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindWiley-Strong thunderstorm winds caused power poles to be knocked down.
August 2002Tornado (F0)Wiley-A tornado moved slowly across open country and caused no known damage. This was the first of three tornadoes from the same thunderstorm which moved through the Lamar area.
August 2002Flash FloodWiley-Over four inches of rain, and large hail, caused flooding of roadways and a few houses.
May 1993Tornado (F0)Wiley-Assistant Fire Chief in Wiley reported a short-lived tornado north of Wiley. The tornado touched down briefly in an open field. Large hail fell in parts of southeastern Colorado. No injuries or damage were reported.
July 2023HailWiley-no account filed
July 2023HailWiley-no account filed
July 2023HailWiley-no account filed
May 2022HailWiley-no account filed
June 2022HailWiley-no account filed
May 2017HailWiley-no account filed
June 2017HailWiley-no account filed
June 2017HailWiley-no account filed
June 2017HailWiley-no account filed
August 2017HailWiley-no account filed
August 2017HailWiley-no account filed
June 2015HailWiley-no account filed
June 2015HailWiley-no account filed
June 2015HailWiley-no account filed
June 2015HailWiley-no account filed
May 2015Thunderstorm WindWiley-no account filed
May 2014HailWiley-no account filed
May 2012HailWiley-no account filed
June 2012HailWiley-no account filed
June 2012HailWiley-no account filed
June 2012HailWiley-no account filed
June 2009HailWiley-no account filed
July 2009HailWiley-no account filed
April 2007HailWiley-no account filed
July 2007HailWiley-no account filed
July 2007Thunderstorm WindWiley-no account filed
July 2005HailWiley-no account filed
May 2003Thunderstorm WindWiley-no account filed
August 2002HailWiley-no account filed
August 2002HailWiley-no account filed
June 2001HailWiley-no account filed
May 1999HailWiley-no account filed
May 1999HailWiley-no account filed
July 1998Tornado (F0)Wiley-no account filed
July 1997Flash FloodWiley-no account filed
July 1997HailWiley-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Prowers 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
Sugar2.7 miles16
Beta4.9 miles18
Kornman5.7 miles15
Culp6.0 miles15
May Valley6.5 miles15
Lamar7.0 miles19
Channing9.1 miles15
West Farm9.5 miles19

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 WileyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2266719The 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 195426. 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.