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.
Population over time
2 figuresColumbine 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 24,280 | |
| 2020 | 25,229 | +949 (+4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 21 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.
- 1899 USGS West Denver quadrangle1:125000
- 1942 USGS Littleton quadrangle1:24000
- 1942 USGS Littleton quadrangle1:31680
- 1953 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Littleton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Littleton quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1983 USGS Denver West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
599 since 1996Regional 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/undetermined | 472 |
| Smoking | 40 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Fireworks | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | West Metro Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 6 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | West Metro Fire Rescue | N/A |
| 5 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | West Metro Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 5 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | West Metro Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 4 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Littleton Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 4 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Littleton Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | LITTLETON |
| 4 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 45 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Creek Mine | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | ||
| Rock Products No 2 | Stone | Producer | ||
| Deer Creek South Pit Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Clay | Occurrence | Clay | |
| Unknown | Clay | Occurrence | Clay | |
| Unknown | Clay | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Clay | Occurrence | Clay | |
| Brannan Pit No 12 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
27 since 1998Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2009 | Hail | Columbine | $350,000,000 | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Hail | Columbine | - | Mping public report. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Columbine | - | Large hail damaged a roof and window screens. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbine | - | Intense thunderstorm winds snapped tree limbs up to one inch diameter. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Columbine | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Columbine | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Columbine | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Columbine | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Columbine | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Columbine | - | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbine | - | no account filed |
| September 2021 | Hail | Columbine | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbine | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Columbine | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbine | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Columbine | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Columbine | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Columbine | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Columbine | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Columbine | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Columbine | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Columbine | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Columbine | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Columbine | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Columbine | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Columbine | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Columbine | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normandy Estates | 0.5 miles | 21 | |
| Columbine Knolls | 0.8 miles | 21 | |
| Columbine Hills | 1.0 miles | 21 | |
| Leawood | 1.1 miles | 21 | |
| The Ridge At Stony Creek | 1.3 miles | 21 | |
| Meadowbrook Heights | 2.0 miles | 21 | |
| Ken Caryl | 2.4 miles | 21 | |
| Archer | 3.8 miles | 21 |
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 Columbine | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1112702 | 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 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.









