Front Range

The study, recently published in Earth's Future, considers the hydrologic, engineered and institutional systems that govern water along the fast-growing Front Range communities in Colorado, testing a two-way option contract for water users that can quickly respond to wet or dry conditions.

The heaviest accumulations were expected in Colorado’s Front Range region, where the eastern plains meet the Rocky Mountains and the vast majority of the state’s population lives.

More than 18,800 customers were without power across Colorado late Thursday primarily in metro Denver and along the Front Range, according to poweroutage.us.

"They would spend weeks and weeks traveling in their wagons on the plains," said Abbott, whose book "Geology Underfoot Along Colorado's Front Range" is a primer for the state's rockhounds.

Be sure to grow one specifically rated for long storage, too — perhaps Front Range Yellow Globe — to keep you in homegrown onions for months.