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Deer Trail, Colorado

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the East Arapahoe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80105. The Survey maps it on the Deer Trail quadrangle. 1,068 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,190 feet above sea level.

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Deer Trail within Arapahoe County

Population over time

2 figures

Deer Trail grew from 546 to 1,068 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
2010546
20201,068+522 (+96%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

2 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Deer Trail in 2016, burning under an acre in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
13 November 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorth Central Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
3 October 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreByers Volunteer Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN

Every fire recorded in Arapahoe County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Deer Trail: 8 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Arapahoe County

Storms near this place

60 of 63 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Deer Trail in 63 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 35 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 11 tornado, 3 lightning. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 1998LightningDeer Trail1 hurtA woman was injured when lightning struck a nearby telephone pole. She sustained burns to her head and right shoulder.
August 1999Thunderstorm WindDeer Trail$20,000Intense thunderstorm winds snapped 9 telephone poles, leaving about 40 residents without power for approximately 3 hours. Each pole had been snapped about 5 feet from its base. Most of the damage occurred along County Road 197 approaching State Highway 36.
September 2025Thunderstorm WindDeer Trail-The observation was recorded at a private weather station.
July 2018Tornado (EF0)Deer Trail-A tornado touched down in open country. Some minor fence damage was observed.
July 2018Tornado (EF0)Deer Trail-A weak tornado moved out of Adams County and into Arapahoe County. It remained in open country and caused no damage.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindDeer Trail-Intense thunderstorm winds caused scattered electrical outages.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindDeer Trail-Numerous power poles were snapped which caused widespread electrical outages in and aound Deer Trail.
August 2010Tornado (EF0)Deer Trail-A tornado touched down briefly but did no damage.
June 2010Tornado (EF0)Deer Trail-The tornado touched down but did no damage.
August 2009LightningDeer Trail-Lightning sparked a fire which charred approximately 1000 acres of wheat stubble.
June 2008Tornado (EF0)Deer Trail-A small tornado touched down but did no damage.
May 2007Tornado (EF0)Deer Trail-A small tornado touched down in open country but did no damage.
May 1999Tornado (F0)Deer Trail-A small landspout touched down briefly but did no damage.
July 1998Flash FloodDeer Trail-Heavy rain caused flooding and flash flooding problems along small creeks and streams near Deer Trail. Some local roads and bridges were covered by the highwaters. A trained spotter, 3 miles north of Deer Trail, measured 3.5 inches of rainfall.
July 1998LightningDeer Trail-A telephone switchboard was damaged by lightning. Long distance service was knocked out for approximately 18 hours.
July 1998Tornado (F0)Deer Trail-Two small landspouts touched down briefly but did no damage.
July 1998Tornado (F0)Deer Trail-Two small landspouts touched down briefly but did no damage.
May 1997Flash FloodDeer Trail-Heavy rain and small hail associated with a stationary line of thunderstorms developed over eastern Arapahoe County. Several basements were flooded in the town of Deer Trail as well as pastures and fields around town. Some streets and intersections in the downtown area were covered by 18 inches of standing water. A storm spotter located 2 miles northeast of Deer Trail recorded nearly 4 inches of rainfall in less than 2 hours.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindDeer Trail-no account filed
June 2024HailDeer Trail-no account filed
June 2024Thunderstorm WindDeer Trail-no account filed
May 2023HailDeer Trail-no account filed
June 2022HailDeer Trail-no account filed
May 2020Thunderstorm WindDeer Trail-no account filed
July 2020HailDeer Trail-no account filed
June 2018HailDeer Trail-no account filed
June 2018Thunderstorm WindDeer Trail-no account filed
May 2017HailDeer Trail-no account filed
June 2014HailDeer Trail-no account filed
June 2014Thunderstorm WindDeer Trail-no account filed
May 2014HailDeer Trail-no account filed
May 2014HailDeer Trail-no account filed
July 2013Thunderstorm WindDeer Trail-no account filed
May 2013HailDeer Trail-no account filed
June 2012Thunderstorm WindDeer Trail-no account filed
April 2011HailDeer Trail-no account filed
July 2011HailDeer Trail-no account filed
July 2011HailDeer Trail-no account filed
August 2011HailDeer Trail-no account filed
August 2011HailDeer Trail-no account filed
June 2011HailDeer Trail-no account filed
June 2010HailDeer Trail-no account filed
June 2010HailDeer Trail-no account filed
June 2010HailDeer Trail-no account filed
June 2010HailDeer Trail-no account filed
June 2010HailDeer Trail-no account filed
June 2010HailDeer Trail-no account filed
June 2010HailDeer Trail-no account filed
June 2009HailDeer Trail-no account filed
August 2009HailDeer Trail-no account filed
July 2008HailDeer Trail-no account filed
April 2005HailDeer Trail-no account filed
April 2005HailDeer Trail-no account filed
April 2003HailDeer Trail-no account filed
April 2003HailDeer Trail-no account filed
April 2003HailDeer Trail-no account filed
June 2003HailDeer Trail-no account filed
July 2002HailDeer Trail-no account filed
July 1998Tornado (F0)Deer Trail-no account filed
August 1998HailDeer Trail-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Arapahoe 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
Peoria5.8 miles15
Byers11.8 miles16
Dove Hill35.4 miles24
Thunderbird Estates35.8 miles23
Gun Club Estates35.8 miles23
Cross Creek36.0 miles23
East Quincy Highlands36.5 miles23
Parkborough36.9 miles24

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 Deer TrailAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q932125The 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 185065. 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.