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Windsor, Colorado

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Windsor census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80550. The Survey maps it on the Windsor quadrangle. 32,716 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,384 feet above sea level.

Windsor within Weld County

On record in Windsor

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 3 records

Population over time

2 figures

Windsor grew from 18,644 to 32,716 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
201018,644
202032,716+14,072 (+75%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 21 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

256 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 256 fires within 5 miles of Windsor between 2010 and 2020, burning about 206 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined210
Smoking11
Equipment and vehicle use9
Natural8
Debris and open burning7
Fireworks4
Arson/incendiarism3
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
9 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWindsor-Severance Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
4 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
3 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersLOVELAND
29 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersWINDSOR
28 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
22 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWindsor-Severance Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
16 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWindsor-Severance Fire Protection DistrictN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Weld County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Windsor: 4 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
UnknownFire Clay (Refractory)OccurrenceSedimentary
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
WindsorSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Weld County

Storms near this place

56 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Windsor in 56 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 35 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 6 flood, 3 lightning. 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 1998LightningWindsor$500,000Lightning struck a colonial style home south of Windsor. The ensuing fire caused extensive damage to the home making it unliveable.
July 1994HailWindsor$500,000Half dollar-size hail caused major damage to homes and businesses as well as vehicles and crops in Windsor (14 miles southeast of Fort Collins).
May 2015FloodWindsor$250,000Widespread minor to moderate lowland flooding was observed along the Cache La Poudre River.
June 2014FloodWindsor$250,000no account filed
April 2000LightningWindsor$200,000no account filed
May 2010Thunderstorm WindWindsor$190,000Intense thunderstorm winds caused extensive damage to the exterior of a garage shop along with scores of livestock shelters.
June 2023Flash FloodWindsor$50,000Heavy produced flash flooding in and around Milliken to west of Windsor. Storm totals in these areas ranged from 2.5 to 5.0 inches. Several road closures were in place due to standing water.
August 2013Flash FloodWindsor$50,000Torrential rain and hail produced flash flooding in and around Greeley and Windsor. The storm produced widespread flooding and inundated crops, county roads and city streets. Numerous roadways were closed due to flood waters. One woman had to be rescued when she was trapped in her vehicle by 3 ft of rushing water. Several homes and basements were flooded when nearby ditches overflowed.
June 2015FloodWindsor$25,000Both the Cache La Poudre and South Platte Rivers crested over a foot above flood stage. In Greeley, 6th Avenue was closed due to flooding. The water levels forced the closure of Weld County Road 53. The waters also flooded some nearby homes and farmland.
June 2010FloodWindsor$25,000no account filed
May 2014FloodWindsor$15,000no account filed
July 2014Flash FloodWindsor$10,000Heavy rain, up to 2.4 inches, produced flooding on O Street, west of Weld County Road 33. In Windsor, extensive street flooding inundated homes and stalled several cars; forcing numerous road closures until the floodwaters subsided.
May 2024FloodWindsor-U.S. Highway 34 closed in both directions between county road 15 and county road 17 due to flooding.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindWindsor-Intense thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and snapped limbs.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindWindsor-An intense thunderstorm wind gust downed three power poles and several fences.
October 2004Tornado (F1)Windsor-A small tornado touched down a damaged a tractor trailer. In all, up to 9 non-supercell tornadoes developed along a boundary that stretched from around Denver International Airport to near Barr Lake, in central Adams County, then extended into south central Weld County.
October 2004Tornado (F0)Windsor-A small tornado touched down but did no damage.
May 2000LightningWindsor-Lightning ignited a fire on the roof of a residence. The fire burned a 10-foot by 10-foot hole in the roof and was confined to the roof and rafters.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindWindsor-Microburst winds flipped over 2 metal barns, or lean-tos, and tore the siding off a nearby trailer. The barns were lifted 4 feet off the ground and blown 6 to 8 feet. No one was injured, but a dog received a broken leg when one of the barns flipped over on him.
June 1995HailWindsor-Large hail, coupled with strong thunderstorm winds, broke numerous car and house windows in the Gill vicinity.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindWindsor-Thunderstorm winds broke eight-inch-diameter tree branches in Windsor (14 miles southeast of Fort Collins). Also, heavy rain filled a roadside ditch in Windsor, and eroded 25 feet of gravel roadway. Heavy rain flooded the basements of two homes in Jamestown (31 miles south southeast of Fort Collins). Thunderstorm winds, estimated at 60 mph (52 knots) broke tree limbs in Jamestown.
June 2025HailWindsor-no account filed
August 2023HailWindsor-no account filed
August 2023HailWindsor-no account filed
July 2021HailWindsor-no account filed
June 2020HailWindsor-no account filed
May 2019HailWindsor-no account filed
July 2019HailWindsor-no account filed
July 2019HailWindsor-no account filed
August 2019HailWindsor-no account filed
June 2018HailWindsor-no account filed
July 2018HailWindsor-no account filed
July 2018HailWindsor-no account filed
June 2017HailWindsor-no account filed
May 2017HailWindsor-no account filed
May 2017HailWindsor-no account filed
August 2014Thunderstorm WindWindsor-no account filed
August 2013HailWindsor-no account filed
August 2013HailWindsor-no account filed
June 2013HailWindsor-no account filed
May 2011HailWindsor-no account filed
June 2011HailWindsor-no account filed
June 2011HailWindsor-no account filed
June 2011HailWindsor-no account filed
May 2008HailWindsor-no account filed
May 2008HailWindsor-no account filed
May 2008HailWindsor-no account filed
May 2008HailWindsor-no account filed
May 2004HailWindsor-no account filed
August 2004HailWindsor-no account filed
August 2004HailWindsor-no account filed
July 2002HailWindsor-no account filed
June 1997HailWindsor-no account filed
August 1996Thunderstorm WindWindsor-no account filed
August 1996HailWindsor-no account filed
May 1994HailWindsor-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Weld 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
Bruce2.3 miles22
Comer2.6 miles22
Severance4.2 miles17
Bracewell4.6 miles22
Farmers6.7 miles22
Hurrich6.8 miles17
Hardman7.7 miles20
Gates8.6 miles17

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 WindsorAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1012003The 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 204693. 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.