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Yoder, Colorado

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Southeastern El Paso census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80864. The Survey maps it on the Yoder quadrangle. It stands 6,145 feet above sea level.

Yoder within El Paso County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

24 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Yoder between 1992 and 2015, burning about 600 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/undetermined13
Recreation and ceremony8
Equipment and vehicle use2
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
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersCALHAN
30 August 1995Naturalunder an acreEl Paso Countynot named
9 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersCALHAN
14 June 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersYODER
24 May 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTri-County Volunteer Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
17 May 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalhan Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
3 April 1994Equipment and vehicle use60 acresEl Paso Countynot named
3 April 1994Recreation and ceremony35 acresEl Paso Countynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in El Paso County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Yoder: 3 producers. All of them still produce. 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
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in El Paso County

Storms near this place

40 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Yoder in 40 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 29 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 3 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
April 2012Tornado (EF0)Yoder$10,000The EF0 tornado damaged a 30-foot barn and scattered pieces of metal roofing. In addition, the tornado picked up 6-inch diameter cedar posts.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindYoder$6,000Severe thunderstorm winds damaged a mobile home and damaged the roof of a house.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindYoder-There was a 62 knot wind gust reported at location.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindYoder-There was a 51 knot wind gust reported at location.
May 2023Tornado (EFU)Yoder-There was a brief 15 to 20 second spin up along a converging outflow boundaries.
June 2023HailYoder-Reported by the public.
June 2023HailYoder-Reported by the public.
July 2020HailYoder-Local broadcast media relayed golf ball hail.
August 2020HailYoder-Public reported large hail, 1 inch.
May 2001Tornado (F0)Yoder-A brief touchdown occurred with no known damage.
May 1994HailYoder-Severe thunderstorms rumbled across El Paso County, dumping hail over much of the area. A spotter reported golf-ball size hail fell in Calhan (32 miles northeast of Colorado Springs).
June 2018HailYoder-no account filed
May 2018HailYoder-no account filed
May 2016HailYoder-no account filed
August 2014HailYoder-no account filed
June 2012Thunderstorm WindYoder-no account filed
June 2011Thunderstorm WindYoder-no account filed
July 2010Thunderstorm WindYoder-no account filed
June 2009HailYoder-no account filed
June 2009HailYoder-no account filed
June 2009HailYoder-no account filed
May 2008HailYoder-no account filed
May 2007HailYoder-no account filed
May 2004HailYoder-no account filed
June 2004HailYoder-no account filed
May 2003Thunderstorm WindYoder-no account filed
June 2001HailYoder-no account filed
May 2001HailYoder-no account filed
September 2001HailYoder-no account filed
September 2001HailYoder-no account filed
March 2000HailYoder-no account filed
August 2000HailYoder-no account filed
June 1998HailYoder-no account filed
June 1998HailYoder-no account filed
May 1998HailYoder-no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindYoder-no account filed
August 1997HailYoder-no account filed
August 1997HailYoder-no account filed
July 1996HailYoder-no account filed
July 1996HailYoder-no account filed

Every storm recorded in El Paso 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
Rush6.9 miles16
Truckton7.3 miles17
Ellicott8.7 miles18
Calhan14.1 miles11
Alta Vista14.2 miles12
Peyton19.0 miles13
Ramah19.7 miles11
Falcon21.5 miles27

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 YoderAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q11261630The 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 193568. 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.