Columbine Valley, Colorado
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Southwest Arapahoe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80123. It lies near Lee Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Littleton quadrangle. 1,502 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,344 feet above sea level.
On record in Columbine Valley
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record
- Willowcroft Manor & Farm, 3600 West Bowles Avenue, Columbine Valleyfederal building survey, 1 photograph
Population over time
2 figuresColumbine Valley grew from 1,256 to 1,502 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 | 1,256 | |
| 2020 | 1,502 | +246 (+20%) |
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
697 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 697 fires within 5 miles of Columbine Valley between 1996 and 2020, burning about 113 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 20 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 | 558 |
| Smoking | 43 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Natural | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Fireworks | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| 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 |
| 8 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 7 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Denver Fire Department | N/A |
| 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 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Denver Fire Department | N/A |
| 4 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Littleton Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 42 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 42 workings within 5 miles of Columbine Valley: 16 occurrences, 13 producers, 12 unknowns, 1 past producer. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Clay | Producer | ||
| Big Dry Creek Placers | Gold | Occurrence | 1858 | |
| Big Dry Creek Placers | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Brannan Pit No 12 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Central Construction Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Chatfield Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Clarke Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Englewood Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Columbine Lakes | 0.7 miles | 21 | |
| Columbine Heights | 1.0 miles | 21 | |
| Coventry | 1.0 miles | 21 | |
| Ridgewood Park | 1.0 miles | 21 | |
| Littleton | 1.2 miles | 21 | |
| Goldenwest Park | 1.3 miles | 21 | |
| Hillside Manor | 1.4 miles | 21 | |
| Columbine Manor | 1.5 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 Valley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q600760 | 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 182642. 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.









