Yuma, Colorado
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Yuma census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80759. The Survey maps it on the Yuma South quadrangle. 3,456 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,144 feet above sea level.
On record in Yuma
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 1 record
Lett Hotellisted 1990
Population over time
2 figuresYuma fell from 3,524 to 3,456 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3,524 | |
| 2020 | 3,456 | -68 (-2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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 Sterling quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Sterling quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Yuma South quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1981 USGS Wray quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
76 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Yuma between 1993 and 2020, burning about 715 acres in total. 6 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 | 51 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 350 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 29 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Yuma Volunteer Fire Department (Yuma Rural Fire Protection District) | UNKNOWN |
| 29 September 2010 | Smoking | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 28 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Yuma Volunteer Fire Department (Yuma Rural Fire Protection District) | UNKNOWN |
| 21 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Yuma Volunteer Fire Department (Yuma Rural Fire Protection District) | UNKNOWN |
| 5 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 25 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 22 August 2013 | Smoking | under an acre | Yuma Volunteer Fire Department (Yuma Rural Fire Protection District) | UNKNOWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Yuma: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. 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.
Storms near this place
60 of 245 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Yuma in 245 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 174 hail, 54 thunderstorm wind, 7 tornado, 7 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yuma | $1,000,000 | Yuma County Emergency Manager reported sixty-eight power poles blown down along CR 48 north of the city of Yuma. Damage was estimated at 1 million dollars. |
| June 1998 | Hail | Yuma | $1,000,000 | Hail up to baseball size damaged windows, windshields, roofs, siding, and vehicles. Hail started as dime size at 2100 MST. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Yuma | $350,000 | This is the second major hail storm to impact the city of Yuma during the same afternoon. Golfball to baseball sized hail fell, and smaller hail under a half inch in diameter covered the ground to a depth of 1 foot. Some house windows were broken during this event. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Yuma | $350,000 | Large hail pelted Yuma Colorado and surrounding areas for over 30 minutes, causing hail to accumulate to a depth of 5 inches. Many hailstones were quarter sized but several reports of golf ball sized hail were received. Some trees were stripped of leaves and small branches, some windows were broken and roofs sustained damage. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yuma | $135,000 | The Emergency Manager reported 8 or 9 power poles down between County Road 45 and County Road 47. Highway 59 southbound was also closed in that area for restoration of the powerlines. |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Yuma | $100,000 | A second intense supercell dropped hail and extremely heavy rain on the city of Yuma. Street flooding was common throughout town with field flooding and minor basement flooding noted. All retaining ponds in town were reported to be filled to capacity. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Yuma | $50,000 | A supercell thunderstorm produced reports of a swath of hail from 1 west of Yuma to 3 east of Yuma with multiple reports of 2.75 inch diameter hail. In addition, it is estimated that over 26,000 acres of crops were damaged or destroyed. Many windows were broken in homes and vehicles. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yuma | $50,000 | Forty five power poles were either downed or damaged in the Yuma area as strong winds accompanying a supercell thunderstorm produced large hail, flooding rainfall and damaging outflow winds. |
| June 1998 | Hail | Yuma | $50,000 | At Eckley, golfball to baseball size hail damaged windows, vehicles, and roofs. At 4S of Eckley, a house suffered window and skylight damage and a calf sustained a spinal cord injury due to hail. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yuma | $10,000 | Power outage in Yuma as thunderstorm winds blew through. |
| May 2024 | Flash Flood | Yuma | $2,000 | Spotter reported street flooding and basements being flooded in Yuma. Pictures from other sources show hail accumulating to around a foot deep. The combined affects of deep hail and heavy rainfall likely overwhelmed the storm drains, preventing the heavy rainfall from draining away. Unclear how many basements were flooded, or how much damage was caused by the flooding. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yuma | $2,000 | Several trees and small branches were reported down around town. There were also sporadic power outages in the town of Yuma. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yuma | $2,000 | Peak winds were estimated at 60 mph. Small limbs were down throughout town resulting in minor power outages in Yuma as limbs fell across power lines. |
| August 2020 | Flash Flood | Yuma | $1,000 | The Yuma County Emergency Manager reported street flooding in town. A few garages were reported to have flood water in them as the water in the street was going over the curbs. The EM also reported 0.83 inches of heavy rain fell in 20 minutes in town that caused the flooding. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yuma | $500 | Windows broken at home and tree limbs down along with power outages. Six inch hail depth on road. |
| August 1996 | Hail | Yuma | $100 | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Hail | Yuma | - | Trained spotter reported hail ranging from pea up to nickel in size. |
| July 2025 | Hail | Yuma | - | Quarter size hail was reported in the town of Yuma by a trained spotter. |
| July 2025 | Hail | Yuma | - | The public reported a good variety of hail sizes with quarter estimated to be the largest. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yuma | - | The mesonet site KCOYUMA34 on WeatherUnderground reported the wind gust. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Yuma | - | A trained spotter reported nickel sized hail and estimated wind gusts around 50 mph. |
| July 2024 | Hail | Yuma | - | Storm chaser at location and time reported ongoing quarter size hail. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yuma | - | Weatherlink site Yuma Dairy recorded a 80 mph wind gust. An additional Weatherlink site named DVI09409 just west of Yuma Dairy recorded a 71 mph gust as well. |
| August 2024 | Flood | Yuma | - | Dispatch reported 3 feet of water on the roadways. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Yuma | - | Report and photos via social media of accumulating hail and hail drifts in Yuma. Biggest stones baseball size or larger with most stones 1 to 2.25 inch. Trained spotters in Yuma also reported hail up to around 2 inches. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Yuma | - | Two inch hail reported on the southwest side of Yuma and lasted approximately 15 minutes. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Yuma | - | Report and photos via social media of hail up to golf ball size but mostly smaller stones with drifts estimated from photos to be up to around 1 foot tall. Wind driven hail broke windows and damaged siding. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yuma | - | The Mesonet station yum02 reported a gust of 67 MPH. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yuma | - | A storm survey was conducted across the town of Yuma. Multiple locations across the town suffered damage from straight line winds. Some of the damage surveyed included extensive damage to vinyl siding to a motel, suggesting 74 MPH wind gusts occurred. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Yuma | - | Emergency manager reports fire department had tennis to softball size hail about 1 mile south of Yuma. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Yuma | - | Report and photos via social media (X), varying hail sizes up to golf ball size. Lots of windows broke out, hail covering ground. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Yuma | - | Reports via social media of hail up to golf ball sized. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Yuma | - | Report received of hail up to a penny in size at location. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Yuma | - | Report of hail near nickel size. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Yuma | - | Report of 1.5 inch diameter hail. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Yuma | - | Report of nickel sized hail. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Yuma | - | Spotter report of 0.75 inch ongoing in Yuma. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yuma | - | Reported via Weather Underground station KCOYUMA17. |
| July 2022 | Hail | Yuma | - | The hail ranged from a quarter of an inch to dime size on the west side of Yuma. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yuma | - | Yuma AWOS K2V6 measured a 61 mph thunderstorm wind gust. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yuma | - | A trained spotter observed an estimated 60 mph wind gust associated with the outflow from a severe thunderstorm moving into Yuma County. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yuma | - | A thunderstorm wind gust of 58 mph was recorded by K2V6 AWOS at location. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yuma | - | An Emergency Manager reported a car in a ditch on State Highway 59 about 5 miles north of Yuma with zero visibility. |
| August 2019 | Tornado (EFU) | Yuma | - | A member of the public reported a brief tornado was observed about 6 miles NW of Yuma. They sent a picture confirming their observation to NWS Goodland. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Yuma | - | The hail ranged from dime to quarter size. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Yuma | - | The hail in Yuma ranged from quarter to baseball in size. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yuma | - | The winds lasted 15-30 seconds. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yuma | - | Time is radar estimated. Thunderstorm winds blew over a lean-to. |
| May 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Yuma | - | The Emergency Manager for Washington county reported a tornado at CR 46 and CR F intersection. No damage was reported with this tornado. The tornadic circulation on radar indicated the tornado moved northeast during its lifetime. |
| September 2016 | Hail | Yuma | - | The hail ranged from pea to nickel in size. |
| September 2016 | Hail | Yuma | - | Dime size hail fell. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Yuma | - | Hail up to quarter size fell during the storm. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yuma | - | Irrigation pivots were blown over, trees were broken off around the house and a large two-pole post for the electrical transmission line was broken off. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yuma | - | A large swath of straight-line wind damage occurred from the Washington/Yuma county line east to CR Q between CR 45 and CR 47. The maximum path width was 3,520 yards. The most significant wind damage was roughly one mile of double wooden electrical transmission poles broken off along CR E between CR 46 and CR 47. Significant damage was also surveyed at a hog farm 8 miles NE of Yuma where several outbuildings were destroyed. Homes in the same area as the hog farm also sustained damage. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yuma | - | Power lines were blown down in town. |
| April 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Yuma | - | A weak, short-lived landspout tornado was reported by a spotter about 1-2 miles southwest of Yuma. The tornado lasted a couple minutes before dissipating. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Yuma | - | Hail 3/4 to one inch in diameter fell. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Yuma | - | Water and mud was reported to be crossing Highway 34 north of Road 39. A land owner near this location reported parts of his property were under three to four feet of water. A few miles further east flood waters were also reported over Highway 59 just north of town. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Yuma | - | Time of report estimated from Doppler radar. |
| August 2014 | Hail | Yuma | - | Time of report estimated from Doppler radar. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schramm | 6.3 miles | 8 | |
| Eckley | 12.4 miles | 8 | |
| Heartstrong | 14.4 miles | 8 | |
| Abarr | 18.8 miles | 8 | |
| Robb | 18.8 miles | 7 | |
| Clarkville | 19.5 miles | 7 | |
| Vernon | 24.9 miles | 8 | |
| Wray | 26.8 miles | 9 |
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 Yuma | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2272340 | 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 202920. 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.



