Bent County, CO Environment & Hazard Risk

• DroughtRelatively Moderate$541K/yr expected annual loss, about 119 events a year
• WildfireRelatively Low$149K/yr expected annual loss, about once every 528 years
• HailRelatively Low$555K/yr expected annual loss, about 3.3 events a year
• Strong windRelatively Low$576K/yr expected annual loss, about once every 1 year
• LightningRelatively Low$141K/yr expected annual loss, about 44 events a year
• Winter weatherRelatively Low$37.4K/yr expected annual loss, about 6.8 events a year
• Cold waveRelatively Low$459K/yr expected annual loss, about 2.0 events a year
• TornadoVery Low$284K/yr expected annual loss, about once every 1 year
• EarthquakeVery Low$25.2K/yr expected annual loss, about once every 1,976 years
• Heat waveVery Low$15.2K/yr expected annual loss, about once every 2 years
• LandslideVery Low$5/yr expected annual loss, about once every 5 years
• Ice stormVery Low$853/yr expected annual loss, about once every 67 years

Bars show the national percentile score (0 to 100) for each hazard. Dollar figures are expected annual losses to buildings, people and crops. Not rated here: avalanche, coastal flooding, hurricane, riverine flooding, tsunami, volcanic activity.

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• Hail144
• Thunderstorm Wind39 · 1 death
• High Wind38
• Tornado31
• Flash Flood12
• Winter Storm10
• Heavy Snow6
• Funnel Cloud4
• Blizzard4
• Flood4

• Thunderstorm Wind100 kt wind09/01/1997

  Mc Clave, Bent County

  1 death, 1 injured, $80K damage

  What happened

  A damaging microburst wind, estimated to be at least 115 mph in strength struck a mobile home, rolling it a few hundred yards. The intense damage was 50 to 75 yards across. Twin brothers, Dan and Denton Cochell were in the mobile home. Dan was thrown from the mobile home and sustained a broken eye socket. Denton was rolled inside the mobile home, sustaining numerous injuries to his body, neck, and head. He died six days later.

• Hail3" hail06/07/2001

  Ft Lyon, Bent County

  $9M damage

  What happened

  A slow moving very severe thunderstorm brought very heavy rain, causing flooding, and hail around baseball size to the Ft. Lyon area for nearly an hour. Highway 50 was under water for over an hour near Ft. Lyon. Many residences experienced basement flooding. The large hail broken out windows and destroyed roofs on houses. Many vehicles also sustained major damage. The VA Medical Center's tile roof was completely destroyed, along with many windows. The grounds also sustained major damage. In addition, crops were totally destroyed in the area. Damage estimates were still preliminary at the time of submission.

• TornadoF1, 15 mi path, 200 yd wide10/12/1997

  Las Animas, Bent County

  6 injured, $200K damage

  What happened

  The same supercell thunderstorm that brought large hail and a brief tornado to eastern Otero county produced a long track tornado through northwestern Bent and central Kiowa counties. The tornado began about 7 miles west of Las Animas. Eleven people were in the direct path of the tornado as it hit a ranch house and adjacent outbuildings. Five men were caught outside, trying to move their vehicles from harm's way. Four were thrown about by the tornado and received minor injuries. Six women in the ranch house were unhurt. The tornado moved northeast and blew a vehicle off Highway 194. The occupant received minor injuries. It destroyed a stream level monitor on the other side of the highway, then ripped through a line of trees before moving into barren country. Eyewitnesses said the tornado remained intact for most of the 35 mile track northeast to just south of Highway 96 in Kiowa county. Owing to the nearly uninhabited, barren landscape, little if any damage occurred beyond Highway 194 in Bent county.

• TornadoF1, 1 mi path, 100 yd wide06/20/2004

  Las Animas, Bent County

  1 injured, $1M damage

  What happened

  A tornado caused severe damage to at least seven buildings at Mountain Prairie Hog Farms. Seven farrowing barns (380 feet x 60 feet) were destroyed. Only one pig was killed. A fire started in one of the structures when a gas line broke. Debris was scattered a few miles east southeast of the Farms.

• TornadoF2, 2 mi path, 100 yd wide06/16/2004

  Las Animas, Bent County

  1 injured, $100K damage

  What happened

  A tornado struck a ranch destroying the house, and damaging other buildings and two mobile homes. The family of five sought shelter in an interior closet, and the lone injury was the mother, who suffered a minor gash on her forehead.

• Wildfire04/09/2011

  Bent County

  1 injured

  What happened

  A wildfire over northern Bent County between Ft. Lyons and Hasty consumed around 14,000 acres. Several homes were threatened, at times, and a few farm implemented were destroyed. One firefighter received minor injuries.

• Las Animas City ofServes 2,139 · Groundwater · Local government1 health violation
• Mcclave Wa INCServes 378 · Groundwater · Private4 health violations+9 monitoring or reporting
• Fort LyonServes 300 · Groundwater · PrivateNo health violations+1 monitoring or reporting
• Hasty Water AuthorityServes 244 · Groundwater · Private15 health violations+7 monitoring or reporting