Compared with 81% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage in Guffey is higher. FEMA puts 43% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to wildfires, and 33% to inland flooding.

81risk score of 100

FEMA risk score

WildfireInland floodingHail

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What it facesVery high risk Flood claims0 paid flood claims · No paid flood claims on record Past disasters9 disaster declarations · Declared for the county Get readyReady for wildfire

FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA

Schools

The schools Guffey’s kids attend

Its one school is below.

School	Level	Students	Letter
Guffey Charter SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8	Grades PK–8	26	A

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The districtsPark County School District No. Re-2 Every school1 school · Guffey Charter School Questions“Are Guffey’s schools good?”

NCES · EDFacts

Climate

In Guffey, expect snowy winters and pleasant summers

In Guffey, the midsummer high is 76°F.

68″snow a winter

Typical low → high °F

Winter10–36°

Spring25–52°

Summer44–74°

Fall28–56°

+1.0°

vs. the 20th-century average

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A year of weatherJuly highs 76°, January lows 8°Rain & snow68″ of snow a winter · 14 inches of rain and snow a year Heating & coolingMostly a heating bill Then and now+1.0° vs. the 20th century · Warmer than the 20th-century average

NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020

Health

Guffey stands out in Colorado and nationally, with fewer of its adults who binge drink

15% of Guffey adults report frequent mental distress, against 16% in Colorado’s towns and 17% across U.S. towns. Guffey: 30% of adults sleep under 7 hours. Only one of the 160 Colorado towns we compare has a higher share of adults who have high blood pressure than Guffey.

	Guffey	Colorado towns	U.S. towns
Binge drink (CDC PLACES)	13%	18%	16%
Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES)	17%	12%	14%
High blood pressure (CDC PLACES)	40%	27%	35%
Diabetes (CDC PLACES)	14%	8.4%	12%

26 measures vs. Colorado

6 better9 too close to call11 worse

What stands out	Guffey	CO
Fewer uninsured adults	7.3%	11.1%
Fewer binge drinkers	12.9%	19%
More adults with COPD	10.3%	5.3%

St. Thomas More Hospital

25.9 mi away · emergency room

3 of 3

care shortages: primary care, dental, mental health

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Everyday habitsFewer binge drinkers Hospitals & doctors nearby25.9 miles to an ER · St. Thomas More Hospital How adults are doingMore adults in frequent physical distress Every CDC estimateBetter than CO on 6 of 26

CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA

Housing

Compared with most of Colorado and the rest of the country, more of Guffey’s households are owner-occupiers

Typical home values fell 2.2% in the year to September 2026.

$480KZillow home value

Typical home value

Guffey$480K

Colorado$529K

−2.2%

value change, 1 year

homes sold in March

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Prices over the yearsDown 2.2% in a year Years of income to buyYears of income to buy RentsRents

Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Guffey

15pages on Guffey

The big questions

Schools1 school HealthBetter than CO on 6 of 26 CDC measures Cost of living$480K typical home · down 2.2% in a year Natural hazardsFEMA risk higher than 81% of U.S. communities · wildfire

Out and about

PlacesAttractions41 nearby · Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument 14 mi LibraryGuffey Branch Library Colleges

The story

HistorySettled 1896 Climate76° summer highs · 68″ of snow

Day to day

NewsWeatherHandbookZIP code 80820 Town SquareNeighbors

After high school

Colleges nearby

None within 15 miles of Guffey; the nearest are

Colorado Technical University-Colorado SpringsUniversity or college · Private for-profit · Colorado Springs36.3 mi$12,750 tuition United States Air Force AcademyUniversity or college · Public · USAF Academy37.5 mi Community College of AuroraCommunity college · Public · Aurora76.2 mi$4,470 in-state tuition

About 0 of every 100 Guffey residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Colorado.

Prices by family income, graduation and earnings →

About Guffey

Census-designated place in Park County, CO, USA

Guffey is a census-designated place (CDP) and post office in and governed by Park County, Colorado, United States. The Guffey post office has the ZIP Code 80820. At the United States Census 2020, the population of the Guffey CDP was 111. The CDP is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area.

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Area: 8.7 sq mi
Elevation: 8,658 ft
ZIP code: 80820

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Guffey faces a very high natural-hazard risk, led by wildfire