Yuma, Colorado | |
Settlement Type: | Home rule municipality[1] |
Pushpin Map: | USA |
Pushpin Label: | Yuma |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the City of Yuma in the |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Yuma County[2] |
Subdivision Type3: | City |
Subdivision Name3: | Yuma |
Government Type: | Home rule municipality |
Established Title3: | Incorporated |
Established Date3: | March 24, 1887[3] |
Unit Pref: | US |
Area Footnotes: | [4] |
Area Total Km2: | 8.13 |
Area Land Km2: | 8.03 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.10 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 3.14 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 3.10 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.04 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [5] |
Population Total: | 3456 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
Timezone: | Mountain (MST) |
Utc Offset: | -7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -6 |
Coordinates: | 40.1228°N -102.725°W |
Elevation Footnotes: | [6] |
Elevation M: | 1263 |
Elevation Ft: | 4144 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code[7] |
Postal Code: | 80759 |
Area Code: | 970 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 08-86750 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 0202920 |
Yuma is a home rule municipality that is the most populous municipality in Yuma County, Colorado, United States. The population was 3,456 at the 2020 census.
A post office in Yuma has been in operation since 1885.[8] The community was named after a Native American named Yuma who worked for the railroad, died and was buried near the town site.[9]
On August 8, 2023, a tornado touched down near the town, damaging farms.[10]
The Yuma School's mascot is the Outlaws.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1sqmi, of which 1sqmi is land and 0.41% is water. Yuma is 27 miles from the nearest city, Wray.