Dove Valley, Colorado
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Southwest Arapahoe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80112. The Survey maps it on the Parker quadrangle. 5,640 people lived here at the 2020 count.
Population over time
2 figuresDove Valley grew from 5,243 to 5,640 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 | 5,243 | |
| 2020 | 5,640 | +397 (+8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 24 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.
- 1890 USGS East Denver quadrangle1:125000
- 1935 USGS East Denver Nos. 3 and 4 quadrangle1:48000
- 1942 USGS Parker quadrangle1:31680
- 1949 USGS Parker quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Parker quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Parker quadrangle1:24000, 7 printings
- 1981 USGS Denver East quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
653 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 653 fires within 5 miles of Dove Valley between 1994 and 2020, burning about 234 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 19 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 | 501 |
| Smoking | 43 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 30 |
| Natural | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Fireworks | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Other causes | 3 |
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 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Metro Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 9 September 2017 | Smoking | under an acre | South Metro Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 9 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Cunningham Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 8 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Aurora Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 8 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 7 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | South Metro Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 6 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Aurora Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 5 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Douglas County | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 20 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Dove Valley: 8 occurrences, 6 unknowns, 3 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Happy Canyon Creek Gold Occurrence | Gold, Silver | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Madis | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Cherry Creek Mine | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Cherry Creek Placers | Gold | Past Producer | Placer | |
| Cherry Creek Placers | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Newlin Gulch Gold Occurrence | Gold | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Cherry Creek Sand Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algonquin Acres | 1.4 miles | 24 | |
| Inverness | 1.7 miles | 24 | |
| Southfield Park | 1.7 miles | 24 | |
| Cherry Creek East | 2.1 miles | 24 | |
| Foxfield | 2.2 miles | 24 | |
| Centennial | 2.5 miles | 26 | |
| Piney Creek | 3.4 miles | 24 | |
| Chapparal | 3.4 miles | 24 |
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 Dove Valley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5302413 | 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 2631649. 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.










