Divide, Colorado
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Divide census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80814. It lies near Redner Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Divide quadrangle. 143 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 9,165 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresDivide grew from 127 to 143 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 | 127 | |
| 2020 | 143 | +16 (+13%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 25 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.
- 1894 USGS Pikes Peak quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1901 USGS Pikes Peak quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1901 USGS Pikes Peak quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Divide quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Pikes Peak quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Divide quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
84 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of Divide between 1992 and 2020, burning about 37 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 8 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 | 47 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Teller County | not named |
| 3 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 27 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Divide Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 20 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 18 September 2010 | Smoking | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 14 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 14 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 9 August 2005 | 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 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Divide: 4 past producers, 4 occurrences, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Feldspar, Gold, Quartz, Thorium, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Beryllium, REE, Beryllium, Quartz. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Cloud Mine | Feldspar, Quartz, Thorium, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Beryllium, REE | Producer | Apatite, Beryl, Columbite, Feldspar, Fluorite, Microlite, Pyrochlore, Quartz, Tantalite | |
| Black Cloud Quarry | Feldspar, Beryllium, Quartz | Past Producer | ||
| Emma L Mine | Nickel, Titanium, Metal | Producer | ||
| Emma L. Mine | Nickel, Titanium | Past Producer | ||
| Round Top, Peacock, Rp Lodes | Silver, Copper, Gold, Radium | Occurrence | Pitchblende | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Unknown | Peat | Occurrence | Peat | |
| Unnamed Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite, Zirconium | Producer | Fluorite | |
| Unnamed Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite, Zirconium | Past Producer | ||
| Maranville, Mumper Placers | Gold | Occurrence | Placer |
Storms near this place
31 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Divide in 31 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 26 hail, 3 tornado, 1 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Tornado (EF1) | Divide | - | Confirmed tornado northeast of Divide, in Teller County. Rating was EF-1 with winds estimated at 106 mph. |
| July 2025 | Tornado (EF1) | Divide | - | A damage assessment was performed for an EF1 tornado that formed at 1:55PM MDT on July 30th, 2025 6 miles WNW of Woodland Park, Colorado. The path length was .8 miles oriented from northwest to southwest and had a maximum width of 75 yards. There was extensive tree damage with the primary damage indicator being widespread uprooted softwood trees and an occasional snapped softwood tree. |
| August 2022 | Heavy Rain | Divide | - | Measured 2.65 inches of rain from earlier thunderstorms. |
| July 2019 | Hail | Divide | - | Quarter size hail reported by Pikes Peak ARES. |
| July 2019 | Hail | Divide | - | Pikes Peak ARES operator reported one-inch hail with storm near Divide. |
| June 2002 | Flash Flood | Divide | - | Rainfall rates of around 1 inch an hour caused flooding across portions of the Hayman Burn Area in Teller county. Over 1000 firefighters were told to head for safe places. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Divide | - | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Hail | Divide | - | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Hail | Divide | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Divide | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Divide | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Divide | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Divide | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Divide | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Divide | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Divide | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Divide | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Divide | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Divide | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Divide | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Divide | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Divide | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Divide | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Divide | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Divide | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Divide | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Divide | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Divide | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Tornado (F1) | Divide | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Divide | - | no account filed |
| August 1993 | Hail | Divide | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midland | 5.8 miles | 28 | |
| Woodland Park | 6.4 miles | 25 | |
| Crystola | 7.0 miles | 25 | |
| Florissant | 7.0 miles | 30 | |
| Green Mountain Falls | 7.5 miles | 25 | |
| Gillett (historical) | 11.2 miles | 28 | |
| Stratton | 13.4 miles | 26 | |
| Cripple Creek | 13.5 miles | 26 |
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 Divide | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3475919 | 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 191170. 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.











