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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.

Woodrow within Washington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

7 since 2011

Regional 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/undetermined5
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
23 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouthwest Washington County Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
16 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwest Washington County Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
2 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresHillrose-Snyder Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
17 March 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouthwest Washington County Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
12 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresSouthwest Washington County Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
10 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwest Washington County Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
29 January 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersWOODROW

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

44 since 1993

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2023Tornado (EF0)Woodrow-A weak tornado touched down briefly in an open field. No damage was observed.
June 2023Tornado (EFU)Woodrow-A tornado touched down in open country. No damage was observed.
May 2021Tornado (EF0)Woodrow-A tornado touched down briefly in open country. No damage was observed.
May 2017Tornado (EF0)Woodrow-A tornado touched down briefly in open country. No damage was observed.
June 2005HailWoodrow-Hail damaged wheat fields in the area.
June 2005Tornado (F0)Woodrow-A tornado touched down but did no damage.
June 2025HailWoodrow-no account filed
June 2025Thunderstorm WindWoodrow-no account filed
May 2025Thunderstorm WindWoodrow-no account filed
May 2024HailWoodrow-no account filed
July 2024HailWoodrow-no account filed
June 2024Thunderstorm WindWoodrow-no account filed
July 2020HailWoodrow-no account filed
May 2017HailWoodrow-no account filed
May 2017HailWoodrow-no account filed
May 2017HailWoodrow-no account filed
May 2017HailWoodrow-no account filed
May 2014HailWoodrow-no account filed
June 2012Thunderstorm WindWoodrow-no account filed
June 2011Thunderstorm WindWoodrow-no account filed
April 2007HailWoodrow-no account filed
April 2007HailWoodrow-no account filed
April 2007HailWoodrow-no account filed
April 2005HailWoodrow-no account filed
April 2005HailWoodrow-no account filed
June 2005HailWoodrow-no account filed
June 2005HailWoodrow-no account filed
September 2004HailWoodrow-no account filed
September 2004HailWoodrow-no account filed
August 2004HailWoodrow-no account filed
August 2004HailWoodrow-no account filed
July 2004HailWoodrow-no account filed
July 2004HailWoodrow-no account filed
July 2004HailWoodrow-no account filed
April 2000HailWoodrow-no account filed
July 2000HailWoodrow-no account filed
July 2000HailWoodrow-no account filed
July 2000HailWoodrow-no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindWoodrow-no account filed
May 1996HailWoodrow-no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindWoodrow-no account filed
July 1996HailWoodrow-no account filed
June 1994HailWoodrow-no account filed
August 1993HailWoodrow-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
Rago9.4 miles8
Last Chance17.1 miles8
Pinneo17.3 miles8
Xenia17.7 miles8
Midway19.4 miles8
Lindon19.6 miles8
Elba20.0 miles8
Akron23.3 miles7

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 WoodrowAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q8033162The 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.