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Colorado City, Arizona

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the North Mohave census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86021. The Survey maps it on the Colorado City quadrangle. 2,478 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,977 feet above sea level.

Colorado City within Mohave County

Population over time

2 figures

Colorado City fell from 4,821 to 2,478 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20104,821
20202,478-2,343 (-49%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

78 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Colorado City between 1996 and 2020, burning about 267 acres in total. 29 started naturally. 5 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Natural29
Arson/incendiarism5
Recreation and ceremony5
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
4 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCedar City Field OfficeSQUIRREL CANYON
18 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresArizona Strip Field OfficeBED
18 September 2019Naturalunder an acreColorado City Fire DepartmentNOT NAMED
16 September 2011Naturalunder an acreCedar City Field OfficeMAXWELL
10 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado City Fire DepartmentNOT NAMED
1 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado City Fire Department180670
6 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado City Fire DepartmentNOT NAMED
5 August 2019Natural8.0 acresArizona Strip Field OfficeREDWOOD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mohave County

Storms near this place

39 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Colorado City in 39 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 28 flash flood, 3 flood, 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2021Thunderstorm WindColorado City$300,000Thunderstorm winds snapped about 20 power poles along Oak Street and Mohave Avenue.
September 2023Flash FloodColorado City$250,000Flash flooding of Short Creek closed all of the Colorado City roads which cross the creek. The Hildale Street crossing was heavily damaged and will likely be closed for some time.
August 2018Flash FloodColorado City$100,000All major roads in Colorado City were flooded. A nearby rain gauge measured 3.70 inches between 1130 PM on the 21st and 617 AM on the 22nd.
July 2013Flash FloodColorado City$100,000Several homes were flooded and several roads were closed by flooding in Colorado City.
July 2012Flash FloodColorado City$100,000Several homes in Colorado City had basement flooding, and one road was closed.
July 2013Flash FloodColorado City$50,000Several basements flooded in Colorado City.
July 2011Flash FloodColorado City$50,000Water flowed out of the mountains northeast of Colorado City, closing several roads and also getting into the basements of several homes.
August 2022Flash FloodColorado City$25,000Heavy roadway flooding and minor basement flooding occurred in Colorado City.
July 2021Flash FloodColorado City$10,000Short Creek flooded and closed several bridges and low water crossings in Colorado City. One vehicle was rescued.
September 2014Flash FloodColorado City$10,000Numerous roads were flooded in Colorado City, including every Short Creek crossing in town.
July 2013Flash FloodColorado City$10,000Flood water entered two homes in Colorado City.
July 2012Flash FloodColorado City$10,000Flash flooding closed a road in Colorado City, stranding one vehicle.
June 2021Flash FloodColorado City$5,000Short Creek flooded and closed roads in Colorado City.
September 2016Flash FloodColorado City$5,000Several roads in Colorado City were closed due to flooding and debris.
October 2015Flash FloodColorado City$5,000Several roads which cross Short Creek were flooded.
July 2015Flash FloodColorado City$5,000Three main roads in Colorado City were closed due to flooding.
July 2011Heavy RainColorado City$5,000Heavy rain flooded one basement in Colorado City.
August 2022Flash FloodColorado City$3,000Short Creek flooded all the road crossings in Colorado City.
July 2022Flash FloodColorado City$3,000All the low water crossings over Short Creek were flooded and closed.
September 2023Flash FloodColorado City$2,000Flash flooding of Short Creek closed Hildale St.
September 1998Thunderstorm WindColorado City$2,000Damaging thunderstorm winds downed power lines as they blew through Colorado City.
July 2024HailColorado City$1,000Hail took down numerous small tree branches.
March 2023FloodColorado City$1,000Hildale Street, Central Street, and Academy Avenue were closed due to rises on Short Creek.
August 2023Flash FloodColorado City$1,000Rapid onset flooding of Short Creek closed Hildale St.
July 2022Flash FloodColorado City$1,000Flooding of Short Creek closed several streets in Colorado City.
August 2022Flash FloodColorado City$1,000Short Creek flooded Hildale Street.
August 2021Flash FloodColorado City$1,000Richard Street was closed for five to ten minutes due to flooding of Short Creek.
September 2018Flash FloodColorado City$1,000Airport Avenue was closed from Highway 389 to Central Street.
August 2016Flash FloodColorado City$1,000Ten to 12 inches of water flowed over the Central Street crossing of Short Creek.
July 2013Flash FloodColorado City$1,000Central Street in Colorado City was closed due to flooding.
July 2013Flash FloodColorado City$1,000Four to six inches of water and small rocks washed across streets in Colorado City.
July 2013Flash FloodColorado City$1,000A foot of water flowed over Johnson Ave. in Colorado City.
August 2013Flash FloodColorado City$1,000A foot of water flowed down Johnson Ave.
July 2011LightningColorado City$1,000Lightning struck and split a tree.
July 2024FloodColorado City-There was minor street flooding in Colorado City.
September 2014HailColorado City-Colorado City Fire Department reports quarter sized hail in town.
July 2006HailColorado City-A few stones up to ping-pong ball size.
September 2004Funnel CloudColorado City-There were 15 different reports of funnel clouds southwest of Colorado City.
September 1998FloodColorado City-Minor flooding of roadways and yards was reported with three-quarters (0.75) of an inch of rainfall occurring overnight.

Every storm recorded in Mohave County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Cane Beds5.3 miles21
Moccasin12.8 miles21
Indian Moccasin13.9 miles22
Kaibab14.0 miles22
Sixmile Village21.1 miles22
Nagles Crossing22.7 miles21
Booze Crossing23.2 miles21
Rock Crossing26.6 miles16

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on Colorado CityAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q998951The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 3123. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.