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Columbine, Colorado

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Northeast Jefferson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80128. It lies near Lilley Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Littleton quadrangle. 25,229 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,538 feet above sea level.

Columbine within Jefferson County

Population over time

2 figures

Columbine grew from 24,280 to 25,229 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
201024,280
202025,229+949 (+4%)

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

599 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 599 fires within 5 miles of Columbine between 1996 and 2020, burning about 152 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 19 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/undetermined472
Smoking40
Equipment and vehicle use20
Arson/incendiarism19
Natural14
Recreation and ceremony10
Fireworks10
Debris and open burning7
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
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
9 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueN/A
5 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
4 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLittleton Fire RescueUNKNOWN
4 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLittleton Fire RescueUNKNOWN
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersLITTLETON
4 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 45 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 45 workings within 5 miles of Columbine: 18 occurrences, 16 producers, 10 unknowns, 1 past producer. 16 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gypsum-Anhydrite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Deer Creek MineGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Rock Products No 2StoneProducer
Deer Creek South Pit QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnknownClayOccurrenceClay
UnknownClayOccurrenceClay
UnknownClayProducer
UnknownClayOccurrenceClay
Brannan Pit No 12Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

27 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Columbine in 27 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 23 hail, 4 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 2009HailColumbine$350,000,000no account filed
May 2024HailColumbine-Mping public report.
June 2023HailColumbine-Large hail damaged a roof and window screens.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindColumbine-Intense thunderstorm winds snapped tree limbs up to one inch diameter.
July 2023HailColumbine-no account filed
July 2023HailColumbine-no account filed
July 2023HailColumbine-no account filed
June 2023HailColumbine-no account filed
June 2023HailColumbine-no account filed
June 2023HailColumbine-no account filed
July 2022Thunderstorm WindColumbine-no account filed
September 2021HailColumbine-no account filed
June 2020Thunderstorm WindColumbine-no account filed
July 2019HailColumbine-no account filed
June 2018Thunderstorm WindColumbine-no account filed
July 2018HailColumbine-no account filed
June 2014HailColumbine-no account filed
June 2014HailColumbine-no account filed
May 2014HailColumbine-no account filed
August 2013HailColumbine-no account filed
August 2013HailColumbine-no account filed
June 2012HailColumbine-no account filed
July 2009HailColumbine-no account filed
July 2009HailColumbine-no account filed
August 2009HailColumbine-no account filed
June 1998HailColumbine-no account filed
June 1998HailColumbine-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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
Normandy Estates0.5 miles21
Columbine Knolls0.8 miles21
Columbine Hills1.0 miles21
Leawood1.1 miles21
The Ridge At Stony Creek1.3 miles21
Meadowbrook Heights2.0 miles21
Ken Caryl2.4 miles21
Archer3.8 miles21

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 ColumbineAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1112702The 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 1867080. 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.