Collbran, Colorado
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Collbran census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81624. It stands on Buzzard Creek. The Survey maps it on the Collbran quadrangle. 369 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,984 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresCollbran fell from 708 to 369 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 | 708 | |
| 2020 | 369 | -339 (-48%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1955 USGS Collbran quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Carbondale quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
47 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Collbran between 1992 and 2017, burning about 314 acres in total. 40 started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 40 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | SMALLEY GU |
| 21 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 2 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | SMALLEY GL |
| 15 September 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | HAWXHURST |
| 10 September 2001 | Natural | 20 acres | Northwest District, Grand Junction | CLOVER |
| 1 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | MESA ASSIST 14 |
| 6 August 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | MONTANA |
| 6 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | WEST FORK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Collbran in 7 storm reports between 2004 and 2021: 3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2021 | Debris Flow | Collbran | $5,000 | Rocks, mud and water were found along Main Street in Collbran as a result of heavy rains. Sandbags were placed in front of certain businesses. Additionally, two trees were uprooted due to flash flooding along Highway 330. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Collbran | - | A severe thunderstorm produced large hail estimated to be the size of quarters east-northeast of Collbran. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Collbran | - | A severe thunderstorm produced large hail estimated to be the size of quarters north of Collbran. |
| September 2007 | Heavy Rain | Collbran | - | Mud and water flowed onto Highway 65 near Plateau Creek. |
| July 2006 | Flash Flood | Collbran | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Collbran | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Collbran | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plateau City | 1.1 miles | 13 | |
| Molina | 6.3 miles | 15 | |
| Heiberger | 8.6 miles | 12 | |
| Mesa | 10.7 miles | 16 | |
| John Held Corner | 11.7 miles | 16 | |
| Mesa Lakes | 14.9 miles | 16 | |
| Mesa Lakes Resort | 14.9 miles | 16 | |
| De Beque | 14.9 miles | 17 |
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 Collbran | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2040298 | 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 204663. 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.






