Woodrow, Colorado
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Woodlin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80757. The Survey maps it on the Woodrow quadrangle. It stands 4,491 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS Limon quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Limon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Limon quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Woodrow quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Last Chance quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
7 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Woodrow between 2011 and 2018, burning about 46 acres in total. None 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 | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Southwest Washington County Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 16 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southwest Washington County Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 2 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Hillrose-Snyder Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 17 March 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Southwest Washington County Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 12 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Southwest Washington County Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 10 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southwest Washington County Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 29 January 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | WOODROW |
Storms near this place
44 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Woodrow in 44 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 32 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2023 | Tornado (EF0) | Woodrow | - | A weak tornado touched down briefly in an open field. No damage was observed. |
| June 2023 | Tornado (EFU) | Woodrow | - | A tornado touched down in open country. No damage was observed. |
| May 2021 | Tornado (EF0) | Woodrow | - | A tornado touched down briefly in open country. No damage was observed. |
| May 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | Woodrow | - | A tornado touched down briefly in open country. No damage was observed. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Woodrow | - | Hail damaged wheat fields in the area. |
| June 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Woodrow | - | A tornado touched down but did no damage. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Woodrow | - | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodrow | - | no account filed |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodrow | - | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Hail | Woodrow | - | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Hail | Woodrow | - | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodrow | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Woodrow | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Woodrow | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Woodrow | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Woodrow | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Woodrow | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Woodrow | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodrow | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodrow | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Woodrow | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Woodrow | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Woodrow | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Woodrow | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Woodrow | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Woodrow | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Woodrow | - | no account filed |
| September 2004 | Hail | Woodrow | - | no account filed |
| September 2004 | Hail | Woodrow | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Woodrow | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Woodrow | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Woodrow | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Woodrow | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Woodrow | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Woodrow | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Woodrow | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Woodrow | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Woodrow | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodrow | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Woodrow | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodrow | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Woodrow | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Hail | Woodrow | - | no account filed |
| August 1993 | Hail | Woodrow | - | 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 Woodrow | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q8033162 | 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 183049. 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.
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.




