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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.

Yuma within Yuma County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Yuma 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.

YearPeople Change
20103,524
20203,456-68 (-2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 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

76 since 1993

Regional 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/undetermined51
Equipment and vehicle use9
Natural6
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony3
Debris and open burning1
Fireworks1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined350 acresColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
29 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreYuma Volunteer Fire Department (Yuma Rural Fire Protection District)UNKNOWN
29 September 2010Smokingunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
28 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreYuma Volunteer Fire Department (Yuma Rural Fire Protection District)UNKNOWN
21 September 2017Equipment and vehicle use15 acresYuma Volunteer Fire Department (Yuma Rural Fire Protection District)UNKNOWN
5 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
25 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
22 August 2013Smokingunder an acreYuma Volunteer Fire Department (Yuma Rural Fire Protection District)UNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yuma County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Yuma County

Storms near this place

60 of 245 shown

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2021Thunderstorm WindYuma$1,000,000Yuma 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 1998HailYuma$1,000,000Hail up to baseball size damaged windows, windshields, roofs, siding, and vehicles. Hail started as dime size at 2100 MST.
June 2008HailYuma$350,000This 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 2008HailYuma$350,000Large 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 2025Thunderstorm WindYuma$135,000The 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 2008Flash FloodYuma$100,000A 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 2010HailYuma$50,000A 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 2008Thunderstorm WindYuma$50,000Forty 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 1998HailYuma$50,000At 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 2020Thunderstorm WindYuma$10,000Power outage in Yuma as thunderstorm winds blew through.
May 2024Flash FloodYuma$2,000Spotter 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 2009Thunderstorm WindYuma$2,000Several trees and small branches were reported down around town. There were also sporadic power outages in the town of Yuma.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindYuma$2,000Peak 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 2020Flash FloodYuma$1,000The 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 2006Thunderstorm WindYuma$500Windows broken at home and tree limbs down along with power outages. Six inch hail depth on road.
August 1996HailYuma$100no account filed
June 2025HailYuma-Trained spotter reported hail ranging from pea up to nickel in size.
July 2025HailYuma-Quarter size hail was reported in the town of Yuma by a trained spotter.
July 2025HailYuma-The public reported a good variety of hail sizes with quarter estimated to be the largest.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindYuma-The mesonet site KCOYUMA34 on WeatherUnderground reported the wind gust.
June 2025HailYuma-A trained spotter reported nickel sized hail and estimated wind gusts around 50 mph.
July 2024HailYuma-Storm chaser at location and time reported ongoing quarter size hail.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindYuma-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 2024FloodYuma-Dispatch reported 3 feet of water on the roadways.
May 2024HailYuma-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 2024HailYuma-Two inch hail reported on the southwest side of Yuma and lasted approximately 15 minutes.
May 2024HailYuma-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 2024Thunderstorm WindYuma-The Mesonet station yum02 reported a gust of 67 MPH.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindYuma-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 2024HailYuma-Emergency manager reports fire department had tennis to softball size hail about 1 mile south of Yuma.
May 2024HailYuma-Report and photos via social media (X), varying hail sizes up to golf ball size. Lots of windows broke out, hail covering ground.
May 2024HailYuma-Reports via social media of hail up to golf ball sized.
May 2023HailYuma-Report received of hail up to a penny in size at location.
June 2023HailYuma-Report of hail near nickel size.
June 2023HailYuma-Report of 1.5 inch diameter hail.
June 2023HailYuma-Report of nickel sized hail.
June 2023HailYuma-Spotter report of 0.75 inch ongoing in Yuma.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindYuma-Reported via Weather Underground station KCOYUMA17.
July 2022HailYuma-The hail ranged from a quarter of an inch to dime size on the west side of Yuma.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindYuma-Yuma AWOS K2V6 measured a 61 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindYuma-A trained spotter observed an estimated 60 mph wind gust associated with the outflow from a severe thunderstorm moving into Yuma County.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindYuma-A thunderstorm wind gust of 58 mph was recorded by K2V6 AWOS at location.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindYuma-An Emergency Manager reported a car in a ditch on State Highway 59 about 5 miles north of Yuma with zero visibility.
August 2019Tornado (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 2018HailYuma-The hail ranged from dime to quarter size.
June 2018HailYuma-The hail in Yuma ranged from quarter to baseball in size.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindYuma-The winds lasted 15-30 seconds.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindYuma-Time is radar estimated. Thunderstorm winds blew over a lean-to.
May 2016Tornado (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 2016HailYuma-The hail ranged from pea to nickel in size.
September 2016HailYuma-Dime size hail fell.
May 2016HailYuma-Hail up to quarter size fell during the storm.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindYuma-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 2016Thunderstorm WindYuma-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 2016Thunderstorm WindYuma-Power lines were blown down in town.
April 2015Tornado (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 2015HailYuma-Hail 3/4 to one inch in diameter fell.
June 2015Flash FloodYuma-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 2014HailYuma-Time of report estimated from Doppler radar.
August 2014HailYuma-Time of report estimated from Doppler radar.

Every storm recorded in Yuma 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
Schramm6.3 miles8
Eckley12.4 miles8
Heartstrong14.4 miles8
Abarr18.8 miles8
Robb18.8 miles7
Clarkville19.5 miles7
Vernon24.9 miles8
Wray26.8 miles9

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 YumaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2272340The 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.