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Dillon, Colorado

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Silverthorne census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80435. It stands on Tenmile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dillon quadrangle. 1,064 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 9,111 feet above sea level.

Dillon within Summit County

Population over time

2 figures

Dillon grew from 904 to 1,064 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
2010904
20201,064+160 (+18%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

255 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 255 fires within 5 miles of Dillon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 206 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 7 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/undetermined152
Recreation and ceremony44
Natural18
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Arson/incendiarism7
Debris and open burning7
Smoking7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Fireworks3
Firearms and explosives 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
9 September 2018Naturalunder an acreWhite River National ForestFREY GULCH
9 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWhite River National ForestLOWRY
8 September 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWhite River National ForestWATERLINE
8 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWhite River National ForestPROSPECTOR
7 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLake Dillon Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWhite River National ForestSENTINEL ISLAND
6 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLake Dillon Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Summit 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 Dillon: 6 occurrences, 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Silver, Zinc, Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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
Frey Placer ClaimsGold, Copper, Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
FriscoGold, Copper, Silver, Zinc, LeadPast Producer
Skookum MineVanadiumPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSedimentary
UnknownFluorine-FluoriteOccurrence
Blue River PlacersGoldOccurrencePlacer
Buffalo PlacersGoldOccurrencePlacer
Soda Gulch PlacersGoldOccurrence
UnknownGoldOccurrenceGold, Pyrite

Every working recorded in Summit County

Storms near this place

7 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dillon in 7 storm reports between 2001 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning, 1 heavy rain, 1 hail. The reports record 1 death. 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 2022Thunderstorm WindDillon1 killedA man drowned when strong microburst winds knocked him off his paddle board.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindDillon$5,000Sudden microburst winds knocked 30 people off their paddle boards and kayaks in Lake Dillon.
July 2011Heavy RainDillon$5,000A mudslide partially closed a section of State Highway 9.
July 2011LightningDillon$5,000Lightning struck a boat in Dillon Reservoir.
July 2001LightningDillon-Lightning struck a home in Keystone, damaging the roof.
June 2024HailDillon-no account filed
June 2020Thunderstorm WindDillon-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Summit 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
Silverthorne1.6 miles16
Keystone3.7 miles33
Frisco4.8 miles17
Masontown5.3 miles17
Gold Hill5.9 miles17
Tiger (historical)8.6 miles33
Peak Seven West9.1 miles31
Preston (historical)9.4 miles31

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 DillonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1225611The 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 169442. 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.