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Maybell, Colorado
The general store in Maybell
The general store in Maybell
Location in Moffat County, Colorado
Maybell, Colorado is located in the United States
Maybell, Colorado
Maybell, Colorado
Location in the United States
Country  United States
State  Colorado
County Moffat County
Government
 • Type unincorporated community
Area
 • Total 0.525 sq mi (1.36 km2)
 • Land 0.525 sq mi (1.36 km2)
 • Water 0.0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation
5,916 ft (1,803 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total 76
 • Density 144.8/sq mi (55.9/km2)
Time zone UTC-7 (MST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP Code
81640
Area code(s) 970
GNIS feature 2583264

Maybell is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in and governed by Moffat County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Craig, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area.

The Maybell post office has the ZIP Code 81640. At the 2020 census, the population of the Maybell CDP was 76. The coldest ambient air temperature ever recorded in the state of Colorado was −61 °F (−52 °C) at Maybell on February 1, 1985.

History

The village, founded in the 1880s, was named after May Bell, the wife of a local cattleman. It currently consists of a meat processing plant, general store with gas pumps, a garage, an elementary school, a residential hotel, a restaurant, a post office, and housing. The post office, in operation since 1884, serves the ZIP code 81640.

Geography

Maybell is located in central Moffat County, in the valley of the Yampa River along U.S. Highway 40. Craig is 30 miles (48 km) east along US 40, and Dinosaur is 57 miles (92 km) to the west. State Highway 318 leads northwest from Maybell 61 miles (98 km) to the Utah border, passing Browns Park National Wildlife Refuge.

The Maybell CDP has an area of 0.525 square miles (1.360 km2), all land.

Climate

This climatic region is typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters. The climate of Maybell is a humid continental climate (Dfb).

The coldest ambient air temperature ever recorded in the State of Colorado was −61 °F (−52 °C) at Maybell on February 1, 1985.

Climate data for Maybell, Colorado, 1991–2020 normals: 5944ft (1812m)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °F (°C) 56
(13)
66
(19)
75
(24)
82
(28)
91
(33)
96
(36)
102
(39)
98
(37)
94
(34)
87
(31)
70
(21)
61
(16)
102
(39)
Mean maximum °F (°C) 46
(8)
51
(11)
65
(18)
75
(24)
83
(28)
91
(33)
94
(34)
93
(34)
86
(30)
77
(25)
63
(17)
50
(10)
94
(34)
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) 31.5
(−0.3)
36.7
(2.6)
48.4
(9.1)
57.6
(14.2)
67.9
(19.9)
79.2
(26.2)
86.2
(30.1)
83.9
(28.8)
75.1
(23.9)
60.8
(16.0)
45.5
(7.5)
33.0
(0.6)
58.8
(14.9)
Daily mean °F (°C) 16.2
(−8.8)
21.9
(−5.6)
33.1
(0.6)
41.1
(5.1)
50.3
(10.2)
59.4
(15.2)
66.5
(19.2)
64.5
(18.1)
55.4
(13.0)
42.5
(5.8)
29.6
(−1.3)
18.2
(−7.7)
41.6
(5.3)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) 0.9
(−17.3)
7.1
(−13.8)
17.7
(−7.9)
24.6
(−4.1)
32.8
(0.4)
39.5
(4.2)
46.7
(8.2)
45.2
(7.3)
35.6
(2.0)
24.2
(−4.3)
13.6
(−10.2)
3.4
(−15.9)
24.3
(−4.3)
Mean minimum °F (°C) −25
(−32)
−18
(−28)
−1
(−18)
12
(−11)
21
(−6)
30
(−1)
37
(3)
35
(2)
23
(−5)
10
(−12)
−6
(−21)
−22
(−30)
−30
(−34)
Record low °F (°C) −60
(−51)
−61
(−52)
−21
(−29)
−11
(−24)
10
(−12)
22
(−6)
26
(−3)
28
(−2)
8
(−13)
−18
(−28)
−26
(−32)
−50
(−46)
−61
(−52)
Average precipitation inches (mm) 0.89
(23)
0.93
(24)
1.16
(29)
1.47
(37)
1.27
(32)
0.74
(19)
0.64
(16)
0.97
(25)
1.10
(28)
1.32
(34)
1.11
(28)
1.02
(26)
12.62
(321)
Average snowfall inches (cm) 10.90
(27.7)
9.20
(23.4)
8.40
(21.3)
3.60
(9.1)
0.70
(1.8)
0.00
(0.00)
0.00
(0.00)
0.00
(0.00)
0.00
(0.00)
2.60
(6.6)
8.20
(20.8)
11.70
(29.7)
55.3
(140.4)
Source 1: NOAA
Source 2: XMACIS (records & monthly max/mins)

Demographics

Maybell CDP, Colorado
Year Pop. ±%
2010 72 —    
2020 76 +5.6%
Source: United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau initially defined the Maybell CDP for the United States Census 2010.

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