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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1893 USGS Big Springs quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Yoder quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Colorado Springs quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
24 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | CALHAN |
| 30 August 1995 | Natural | under an acre | El Paso County | not named |
| 9 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | CALHAN |
| 14 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | YODER |
| 24 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tri-County Volunteer Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 17 May 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Calhan Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 3 April 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | 60 acres | El Paso County | not named |
| 3 April 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | 35 acres | El Paso County | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
40 since 1994Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Yoder | $10,000 | The 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 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yoder | $6,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds damaged a mobile home and damaged the roof of a house. |
| September 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yoder | - | There was a 62 knot wind gust reported at location. |
| September 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yoder | - | There was a 51 knot wind gust reported at location. |
| May 2023 | Tornado (EFU) | Yoder | - | There was a brief 15 to 20 second spin up along a converging outflow boundaries. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Yoder | - | Reported by the public. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Yoder | - | Reported by the public. |
| July 2020 | Hail | Yoder | - | Local broadcast media relayed golf ball hail. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Yoder | - | Public reported large hail, 1 inch. |
| May 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Yoder | - | A brief touchdown occurred with no known damage. |
| May 1994 | Hail | Yoder | - | 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 2018 | Hail | Yoder | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Yoder | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Yoder | - | no account filed |
| August 2014 | Hail | Yoder | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yoder | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yoder | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yoder | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Yoder | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Yoder | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Yoder | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Yoder | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Yoder | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Yoder | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Yoder | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yoder | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Yoder | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Yoder | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Yoder | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Yoder | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Yoder | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Yoder | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Yoder | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Yoder | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Yoder | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yoder | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Hail | Yoder | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Hail | Yoder | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Yoder | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Yoder | - | 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 Yoder | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q11261630 | 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 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.








