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Willard, Colorado

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Merino census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80741. The Survey maps it on the Willard quadrangle. It stands 4,337 feet above sea level.

Willard within Logan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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

22 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Willard between 2011 and 2018, burning about 530 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/undetermined17
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning1
Natural1

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
3 September 2016Natural1.0 acresMerino Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
19 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersSTERLING
18 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use150 acresSterling Fire RescueUNKNOWN
20 August 2015Equipment and vehicle use20 acresMerino Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
17 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMerino Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
9 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresSterling Fire RescueUNKNOWN
4 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersSTERLING
26 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersSTERLING

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Logan County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Willard: 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. None of them 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
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel

Every working recorded in Logan County

Storms near this place

46 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Willard in 46 storm reports between 2004 and 2025: 28 hail, 15 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2023Flash FloodWillard$100,000A combination of torrential rain and hail caused flash flooding. Multiple road closures were in effect due to washed out county roads, including County Road 17 south of CO 14.
May 2025HailWillard-Report from Mping.
May 2025HailWillard-Report from Mping.
May 2025Tornado (EF1)Willard-The formation of this tornado was captured well by storm chaser video. The tornado did not have a coherent damage path. There was sporadic damage south of the South Platte River, primarily to a trio of grain silos. Two silos had their tops removed, one was shifted off the pad, another was destroyed. One off duty NWS employee confirmed the location of the tornado as it crossed Logan County Road R just south of County Road 59. The tornado dissipated just southwest of the Prewitt Reservoir with no evidence it crossed I-76.
May 2025HailWillard-Report from Mping.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindWillard-At the station 1MW which is 15 miles west-northwest of Sterling.
May 2025HailWillard-Report from Mping.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindWillard-The report was from AWOS station K1MW Sterling 15 miles west-northeast.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindWillard-The AWOS station K1MW 15 miles west-northwest of Sterling reported the wind gust.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindWillard-A 58 mph wind gust occurred at an AWOS station 15 miles west-northwest of Sterling (K1MW).
May 2019Tornado (EF0)Willard-A tornado touched down briefly in an open field. No damage was observed.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindWillard-Two large trees were blown down onto the intersection of County Roads 18 and 19.
June 2025HailWillard-no account filed
June 2025Thunderstorm WindWillard-no account filed
May 2025Thunderstorm WindWillard-no account filed
June 2020Thunderstorm WindWillard-no account filed
May 2020HailWillard-no account filed
August 2020Thunderstorm WindWillard-no account filed
July 2020Thunderstorm WindWillard-no account filed
August 2020HailWillard-no account filed
August 2020HailWillard-no account filed
September 2019HailWillard-no account filed
September 2019HailWillard-no account filed
August 2019Thunderstorm WindWillard-no account filed
June 2016HailWillard-no account filed
June 2016HailWillard-no account filed
September 2016HailWillard-no account filed
June 2015Thunderstorm WindWillard-no account filed
August 2013HailWillard-no account filed
April 2012HailWillard-no account filed
June 2011Thunderstorm WindWillard-no account filed
July 2011HailWillard-no account filed
August 2011HailWillard-no account filed
August 2011HailWillard-no account filed
May 2011HailWillard-no account filed
June 2010Thunderstorm WindWillard-no account filed
August 2010Thunderstorm WindWillard-no account filed
April 2007HailWillard-no account filed
April 2007HailWillard-no account filed
June 2007HailWillard-no account filed
July 2007HailWillard-no account filed
July 2007HailWillard-no account filed
May 2005HailWillard-no account filed
September 2005HailWillard-no account filed
August 2005HailWillard-no account filed
May 2004HailWillard-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Logan 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
Logan7.0 miles9
Beta8.3 miles10
Merino8.7 miles9
Atwood11.5 miles9
Sterling15.6 miles9
Twin Mills19.1 miles9
Westplains21.4 miles6
Ford21.7 miles9

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 WillardAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q11273021The 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 182787. 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.