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Gilpin County, CO

No sale barn with a published report is within 100 miles of Gilpin County, Colorado. This page still has drought, programs and weather for the county when those are loaded.

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CRP emergency haying & grazing: Gilpin County is on FSA's list (since Sep 1, 2026). Check with your FSA county office first. Details · FSA list as of Nov 5, 2026.
Drought ExtremeD3 · most of county Drought pay (LFP) Eligibleup to 5 payments Burn ban Checkcall the county Brush 5-wt steers $435▲ $7 since last sale

Gilpin County rain, outlook and forecast

As of the Nov 10 Drought Monitor, most of Gilpin County, CO was in extreme drought (D3), with 2% at exceptional drought (D4); some part has been in severe drought (D2) or worse for 65 straight weeks. Rain has run 36% of normal over the last 30 days (well below normal) and 107% over 90 days, so the past month has been drier than the season so far; the 6-10 day outlook for Nov 20–24 leans wetter than normal (50% chance of above-normal rain) and the NWS forecast peaks at a 60% rain chance on Friday (high 43°). FSA's 2026 LFP list includes Gilpin County with up to 5 monthly payments, and Brush is the closest USDA-reported sale barn at 104 miles.

Rain vs normal

  • Last 30 days 36% of normal
  • Last 60 days not read yet
  • Last 90 days 107% of normal

NOAA river forecast center rain (radar plus gauges) at the county center, Nov 15, 2026. Source.

Rain outlook

  • 6-10 day outlook (Nov 20–24) Leans wetter than normal (50% chance of above-normal rain)
  • 8-14 day outlook (Nov 22–28) Leans wetter than normal (33% chance of above-normal rain)

NOAA Climate Prediction Center precipitation outlook, issued Nov 14, 2026. Source.

Next 7 days

  1. Today Sunny, high 45°, low 30°, 0% rain, wind 1–8 mph
  2. Monday Mostly Sunny, high 52°, low 32°, 0% rain, wind 0–9 mph
  3. Tuesday Mostly Sunny, high 50°, low 31°, 24% rain, wind 1–13 mph
  4. Wednesday Mostly Sunny, high 41°, low 26°, 5% rain, wind 2–18 mph
  5. Thursday Mostly Sunny, high 46°, low 29°, 16% rain, wind 1–6 mph
  6. Friday Snow Showers Likely, high 43°, low 25°, 60% rain, wind 3–7 mph
  7. Saturday Chance Snow Showers, high 36°, low 23°, 28% rain, wind 2–8 mph

National Weather Service forecast for the county center, updated Nov 15, 2026. Wind, warnings and burn bans.

PRF pasture insurance: sign up by Dec 1, 2026

The 2027 Pasture, Rangeland, Forage (PRF) insurance sales closing date for Gilpin County is Dec 1, 2026, 16 days from today. PRF (Rainfall Index) pays on a rainfall index for your grid, not on your own rain gauge. You buy it through a crop insurance agent.

How PRF works · PRF 2027 sign-up · Find your grid on RMA's PRF tool

Date from USDA RMA's actuarial data, read Aug 28, 2026 · RMA dates map. Your agent confirms the date for your policy.

Gilpin County grass production

In 2025, grassland and pasture in Gilpin County grew about 532 pounds per acre of grass and forbs, 103% of the county's 1991-2020 normal of 518 pounds per acre. That was the 20th best of 40 years on record (1986-2025). Best year: 2001 at 628 pounds per acre; worst: 2002 at 411.

Pounds per acre of new grass and forbs each year on rangeland and pasture, from the Rangeland Analysis Platform (satellite-based estimates). See every year on the Land tab.

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What happenedStartedTell FSA early byFSA deadline
Exceptional drought (D4) reached (U.S. Drought Monitor) Nov 10, 2026Dec 10, 2026 (25 days left)Mar 1, 2027

If this cost you livestock, extra feed or hauled water, call your county FSA office now, while it's fresh. The 30-day date is a suggestion from Cownty; FSA's deadline for the notice of loss and application is the March 1 date. Log it in your Drought Ledger · Find your FSA office and phone

Text YES CLOCK for a reminder on day 21 and day 28.

Information only; not financial, tax or legal advice. FSA decides eligibility. Cownty sends nothing to FSA.

Drought-sale tax flag IRS list

Gilpin County is on IRS Notice 2026-54 (severe or worse drought, Sep 1, 2025 to Aug 31, 2026).

Why it matters: if you sold breeding, dairy or draft livestock because of drought, the tax code may let you put off the gain (more time to buy replacement animals, or report the extra-sale income a year later). Your tax preparer decides whether either applies.

Work out your numbers and print a page for your preparer

Information only; not financial, tax or legal advice. Ask your tax preparer. FSA decides program eligibility. IRS Notice 2026-54 (PDF)

Next 7 days · National Weather Service

Weather for Gilpin County

Forecast for the center point of Gilpin County.

  • Freeze on 7 nights
  1. Today Sunny 45° 30° WSW 1–8 mph 0% rain
  2. Mon Mostly Sunny 52° 32° WSW 0–9 mph 0% rain
  3. Tue Mostly Sunny 50° 31° S 1–13 mph 24% rain
  4. Wed Mostly Sunny 41° 26° W 2–18 mph 5% rain
  5. Thu Mostly Sunny 46° 29° SSW 1–6 mph 16% rain
  6. Fri Snow Showers Likely 43° 25° WSW 3–7 mph 60% rain
  7. Sat Chance Snow Showers 36° 23° W 2–8 mph 28% rain

Forecast from the National Weather Service, updated Nov 15, 2026 old. Wind arrows point where the wind is going; the letters say where it comes from. Windy = 25 mph or more; freeze = a low of 32°F or less. Open the full forecast.

Burn ban

Data pending. Cownty doesn't read an official statewide burn-ban list for Colorado; county commissions, sheriffs and fire districts post local fire restrictions, so check your county's own notices

No official ban list to check here, so Cownty shows the National Weather Service fire-weather alerts for the county instead: none right now.

Guide: Burn bans: where to check and what they mean

Weather warnings right now

None right now

National Weather Service active alerts for this county, as of Nov 15, 2026 (source). Fetched Nov 15, 2026.

Rainfall vs normal

Oct 2026
1.16 in 75% of normal
Last 12 months
15.90 in 68%
How to read this

Bars are the rain that fell each month; the dashed line is a normal month (1991-2020 average). Bars below the line = drier than normal.

County-average precipitation, Nov 2025 to Oct 2026. Normal = NCEI's own 1991-2020 average for each month (Oct 2026 normal 1.55 in; same month last year 1.00 in). NCEI posts each month around the 8th of the next and may revise recent months. Source: NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance. Fetched Nov 14, 2026.

Wildfires

No current fire perimeter in the county

Nearest current perimeter: Willow (Wildfire, CO), about 63 mi from the county center; 7,259 acres, 92% contained, perimeter of Sep 16, 2026.

See the fire map

Interagency fire outlines. Small or brand-new fires are often not mapped yet; call 911 for a fire you can see. Layer updated Nov 15, 2026. Source: National Interagency Fire Center. Fetched Nov 15, 2026.

Frost dates

Frost and freeze dates

30-year averages (1991–2020) from the weather stations nearest Gilpin County. Frost = 32°F; hard freeze = 28°F.

Coal Creek Canyon weather station (8 mi away)

Typical last spring frostTypical first fall frost
Frost (32°F)
103-day growing season
 Jun 5
1 year in 10 it's after Jun 19
 Sep 16
1 year in 10 it's before Sep 2
Hard freeze (28°F)
126-day growing season
 May 21
1 year in 10 it's after Jun 5
 Sep 26
1 year in 10 it's before Sep 11

Gross Rsvr weather station (11 mi away)

Typical last spring frostTypical first fall frost
Frost (32°F)
120-day growing season
 May 24
1 year in 10 it's after Jun 10
 Sep 23
1 year in 10 it's before Sep 9
Hard freeze (28°F)
143-day growing season
 May 10
1 year in 10 it's after May 27
 Oct 3
1 year in 10 it's before Sep 17

short record Based on only 16 years of records here (30 is normal), so treat it as rougher.

Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Coal Creek Canyon, Gross Rsvr), NOAA files as of Jun 27, 2023. Fetched Nov 11, 2026.

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Nearest USDA-reported sale barns

  1. Livestock Exchange (Friday feeder cattle) Brush, CO 104 mi · sells Fridays · latest USDA report Nov 13, 2026
  2. Sterling Livestock Commission Sterling, CO 134 mi · sells Wednesdays · latest USDA report Nov 11, 2026
  3. La Junta Livestock Commission La Junta, CO 166 mi · sells Wednesdays · latest USDA report Nov 11, 2026
  4. Winter Livestock (Tuesday) La Junta, CO 168 mi · sells Tuesdays · latest USDA report Nov 10, 2026
  5. Torrington Livestock Commission Co. (feeder cattle) Torrington, WY 168 mi · sells Wednesdays · latest USDA report Nov 11, 2026

Miles are straight-line from the county center. Sale days come from the barns' recent USDA AMS reports; call the barn to confirm. All barns

Other barns nearby (not USDA-reported)

These barns are not in a USDA AMS report, so Cownty shows no prices for them. Sale days and phones come from the barns' own sites or public listings; call the barn to confirm. More barns

Printable county brief (PDF) · Everything on one page · Hay prices in Colorado

Common questions and nearby counties

Is Gilpin County eligible for LFP in 2026?

Yes. Gilpin County is on FSA's 2026 Livestock Forage Disaster Program county list, with up to 5 monthly payments for some pasture types. FSA decides each operation's eligibility; apply at your county FSA office by March 1 after the loss year.

Source: FSA LFP county file of Nov 5, 2026

What is the drought level in Gilpin County this week?

On the Drought Monitor map of Nov 10, 2026, most of Gilpin County was in extreme drought (D3), and the worst part was exceptional drought (D4) on 2% of the county. 65 straight weeks with some severe drought (D2) or worse.

Source: U.S. Drought Monitor, map of Nov 10, 2026

Is there a burn ban in Gilpin County?

No official statewide list to check: Cownty doesn't read an official statewide burn-ban list for Colorado; county commissions, sheriffs and fire districts post local fire restrictions, so check your county's own notices.

What sale barns are near Gilpin County?

The nearest USDA-reported sale barns: Brush (104 mi), last report Nov 13, 2026; Sterling (134 mi), last report Nov 11, 2026; La Junta LJLC (166 mi), last report Nov 11, 2026.

Source: USDA AMS Market News reports

What are the upcoming FSA and farm deadlines?

Next: Nov 20, 2026: Colorado EQIP/CSP/RCPP/ACEP application ranking cutoff (FY 2027); Nov 20, 2026: Micro Farm 2027: last day to buy crop insurance. FSA program dates not posted officially are marked "confirm at source" on the calendar.

Source: official agency pages (see Calendar)

Information only; not financial or legal advice. FSA decides eligibility. Always check the linked official source.