Dacono, Colorado
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Erie-Frederick census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80514. The Survey maps it on the Frederick quadrangle. 6,297 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,030 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresDacono grew from 3,015 to 6,297 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3,015 | |
| 2010 | 4,152 | +1,137 (+38%) |
| 2020 | 6,297 | +2,145 (+52%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 20 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.
- 1902 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1950 USGS Frederick quadrangle1:24000, 7 printings
- 1954 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
346 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 346 fires within 5 miles of Dacono between 1992 and 2020, burning about 167 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 9 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 | 283 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Smoking | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Fireworks | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | FORT LUPTON |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | FORT LUPTON |
| 30 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Frederick-Firestone Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 3 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Frederick-Firestone Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 3 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Frederick-Firestone Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 28 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 28 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Frederick-Firestone Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 28 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | FORT LUPTON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Dacono: 2 producers, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Golden | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| St Vrain | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel |
Storms near this place
17 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dacono in 17 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 10 hail, 3 tornado, 2 heavy rain, 1 flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2008 | Tornado (EF1) | Dacono | 1 hurt | A tornado touched down and destroyed 5 buildings near Dacono. One person was injured. The tornado overturned a five-wheel trailer and injured the man who was sitting inside. |
| May 2023 | Flood | Dacono | $1,000,000 | Weld County closed 23 sections of county roads due to flooding. Roads that were closed or damaged included: Weld County Road 4 from County Roads 15-17, Weld County Road 6 from County Road 23-U.S. 85, Weld County Road 8 from County Road 23-U.S. 85, Weld County Road 10 from CO 79 - County Road 71, Weld County Road 10, from County Road 81-83, Weld County Road 14 from County Road 85-87, Weld County Road 15, from County Road 2-4, Weld County Road 16 from County Road 71-73, Weld County Road 16 from County Road 73-77, Weld County Road 17 from County Road 34-38, Weld County Road 42 from County Road 45-47, Weld County Road 48 from County Road 43-45, Weld County Road 50 from County Road 59-61, Weld County Road 57 from County Road 76-78, Weld County Road 61, from U.S. 34-County Road 50, Weld County Road 63 from U.S. 34-County Road 52, Weld County Road 72 from County Road 33-35, and Weld County Road 74 from CO 392-County Road 79. |
| June 1997 | Tornado (F1) | Dacono | $50,000 | A tornado touched down briefly at the Colorado National Speedway. The tornado ripped through the south grandstand causing at least $50, 000 in damage to a shed, kiosk, bleachers and several concession stands. |
| August 1999 | Heavy Rain | Dacono | - | A slow moving thunderstorms dumped 5 inches of rain in two hours near Dacono. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dacono | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Hail | Dacono | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Hail | Dacono | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Hail | Dacono | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Dacono | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Dacono | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Dacono | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Dacono | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Dacono | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Heavy Rain | Dacono | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Dacono | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Dacono | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Dacono | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frederick | 1.0 miles | 20 | |
| Evanston | 1.5 miles | 20 | |
| Firestone | 1.9 miles | 20 | |
| Puritan | 3.2 miles | 20 | |
| Saint Vrains | 3.4 miles | 20 | |
| Dick | 3.7 miles | 20 | |
| Harney | 4.6 miles | 21 | |
| Idaho Creek | 4.7 miles | 22 |
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 Dacono | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2152170 | 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 180837. 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.








