Ault, Colorado
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Ault census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80610. The Survey maps it on the Eaton quadrangle. 1,887 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,938 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresAult grew from 1,519 to 1,887 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,519 | |
| 2020 | 1,887 | +368 (+24%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 18 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1908 USGS Eaton quadrangle1:125000
- 1910 USGS Eaton quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Eaton quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Eaton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
151 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 151 fires within 5 miles of Ault between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,275 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined | 106 |
| Smoking | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,000 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 26 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ault-Pierce Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 23 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Weld County | not named |
| 17 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ault-Pierce Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 8 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 4 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ault-Pierce Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 31 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 30 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ault-Pierce Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Ault: 5 producers, 4 occurrences. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Western Sugar Co | Iron | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel |
Storms near this place
13 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ault in 13 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 11 hail, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2024 | Flash Flood | Ault | - | Water was running over Weld County Road 29. The water depth was 10 to 12 inches and spanned 75 yards. |
| July 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Ault | - | A small tornado touched down but did no damage. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Ault | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Ault | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Ault | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Ault | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Ault | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Ault | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Hail | Ault | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Ault | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Ault | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Hail | Ault | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Ault | - | no account filed |
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.
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 Ault | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q153628 | The 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 180544. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.









