Brush

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Brush

Total population

5,306

Elevation1289 m

Land area6.41 km²

Weather75°F · Mostly Cloudy

Coordinates40.26°, -103.64°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Brush is a statutory city located in Morgan County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 5,339 at the 2020 United States census. Brush is a part of the Fort Morgan, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Brush, CO from NOAA NWS API.

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Notable people from here

E

Eyvin Andersen

Danish organist, violist, and composer

Edward W. Estlow

American journalist and businessman (1920–2015)

P

Pat Day

American jockey

R

Robert W. Brodersen

American electrical engineer (1945–2024)

B

Barry Asmus

American economist and public speaker

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Colorado

• Snyder
  5.5 mi away
• Hillrose
  7.5 mi away
• Fort Morgan
  8 mi away
• Blue Sky
  9.4 mi away
• Saddle Ridge
  9.5 mi away
• Morgan Heights
  10.3 mi away
• Trail Side
  10.9 mi away
• Merino
  21.5 mi away
• Wiggins
  23.1 mi away · pop. 1,564
• Jackson Lake
  23.6 mi away
• Otis
  36.4 mi away
• Deer Trail
  49.3 mi away

Browse all places in Colorado →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Brush

Stone chisel and yucca brush

Ekkehart Malotki · 2001

Sudoku Genius Mind Exercises Volume 1

Brush Colorad State of Mind Collection · 2019

Get off the fence, come to Brush!

Western Shorthorn Breeders' Association · 1956

The Western Shorthorn Association seventh annual fall sale

Western Shorthorn Breeders' Association · 1953

Harold Bryant

Al Look · 1962

Birds of the US-Mexico borderlands

Timothy Brush · 2008

Registered and commercial shorthorns for you in the Western Shorthorn Association fifteenth annual spring sale

Western Shorthorn Breeders' Association · 1960

Brush industrial survey

L. J. Crampon · 1954

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Wildfire Moonshine, Albany, Wyoming
  Wildfires · 2026-09-07 · 146 mi
• Wildfire Cold Springs, Converse, Wyoming
  Wildfires · 2026-08-10 · 196 mi
• Wildfire Needles, Oglala Lakota, South Dakota
  Wildfires · 2026-09-04 · 221 mi
• Wildfire Sheep Pen, Las Animas, Colorado
  Wildfires · 2026-08-12 · 221 mi
• Wildfire Rancher fire, Oglala Lakota, South Dakota
  Wildfires · 2026-08-11 · 221 mi
• Wildfire Post, Las Animas, Colorado
  Wildfires · 2026-08-11 · 224 mi
• Wildfire 310, Garfield, Colorado
  Wildfires · 2026-08-06 · 237 mi
• Wildfire XU Hill, Oglala Lakota, South Dakota
  Wildfires · 2026-08-11 · 241 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).

Recently spotted species

Convergent Lady Beetle

Hippodamia convergens

Seen 2026-09-15

Colorado Soldier Beetle

Chauliognathus basalis

Seen 2026-09-15

summer-cypress

Bassia scoparia

Seen 2026-09-15

field bindweed

Convolvulus arvensis

Seen 2026-09-15

honey locust

Gleditsia triacanthos

Seen 2026-09-15

Siberian elm

Ulmus pumila

Seen 2026-09-15

showy milkweed

Asclepias speciosa

Seen 2026-09-15

puncture vine

Tribulus terrestris

Seen 2026-09-15

Common Purslane

Portulaca oleracea

Seen 2026-09-15

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Nearest stream gauge

Live readings from USGS NWIS · measured 2026-09-21 08:30 UTC.