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Ellicott, Colorado

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Southeastern El Paso census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80808. It stands on Brackett Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ellicott quadrangle. 1,248 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,020 feet above sea level.

Ellicott within El Paso County

Population over time

2 figures

Ellicott grew from 1,131 to 1,248 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
20101,131
20201,248+117 (+10%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

37 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Ellicott between 1993 and 2020, burning about 200 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined26
Recreation and ceremony4
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking2
Natural2
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
14 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreEl Paso CountyUNKNOWN
8 July 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreEl Paso Countynot named
22 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersCALHAN
21 July 1993Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresEl Paso Countynot named
2 July 2016Smokingunder an acreEllicott Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
29 June 1994Natural5.0 acresEl Paso Countynot named
1 June 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresEl Paso Countynot named
30 May 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersCALHAN

Every fire recorded in El Paso County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Ellicott: 1 occurrence. None of them 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
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel

Every working recorded in El Paso County

Storms near this place

60 of 92 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ellicott in 92 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 68 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 6 flash flood, 4 tornado. The reports record 20 injuries. 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
May 2001Thunderstorm WindEllicott7 hurt, $400,000no account filed
May 2001Tornado (F2)Ellicott5 hurt, $100,000A slow moving supercell thunderstorm stayed over the Ellicott area of eastern El Paso county for over an hour on Memorial Day evening. For over an hour, heavy rain and large hail pelted the area. Then another thunderstorm cell merged with the supercell, causing a brief time of extreme winds and three small tornadoes. A large mesocyclone developed, and the extreme winds rotated around its northeastern quarter. All of the debris from the damaged structures was moved to the west-northwest or west. Straight-line and twisting microburst winds, in some areas causing F2 damage, damaged or destroyed nearly 100 mobile homes, many occupied. Embedded within these winds, three tornadoes occurred. One, rated F2, struck the junior-senior high school building, totally destroying nearly one half of the structure. That tornado lifted briefly and set down again about 3/4 of a mile northwest of the school building and destroyed several mobile homes. Another tornado, rated F1, occurred about one mile west of the school building, flipping a mobile home.
May 2001Tornado (F2)Ellicott4 hurt, $8,000,000no account filed
May 2001Tornado (F1)Ellicott4 hurt, $20,000no account filed
May 2006Thunderstorm WindEllicott$1,250,000Severe straight-line thunderstorm winds in the range of 80 to 100 mph caused damage along and just west of the Ellicott Highway in eastern El Paso county from State Highway 94 to about 5 miles north of State Highway 94. Four mobile homes and five outbuildings were destroyed...and 5 houses and 11 outbuildings were damaged.
June 2016HailEllicott$30,000A dog rescue facility was heavily damage by large hail. Numerous skylights were broken, the ceiling partially caved in, and flooding occurred. No dollar amount of damage was available from the insurance industry at this time.
April 2000Thunderstorm WindEllicott$10,000no account filed
July 2025Thunderstorm WindEllicott-Wind gusts of 62 mph was measured around Ellicott, Colorado.
May 2024HailEllicott-Picture of 1 inch diameter hail from social media.
August 2024HailEllicott-A public source reported hail of approximately 1.0 inch in diameter.
May 2023HailEllicott-Reported by a trained spotter.
September 2021HailEllicott-Winds of 50 mph or greater were also observed.
July 2020HailEllicott-Report came from an image on Twitter.
July 2020HailEllicott-Report came from an image on Twitter.
August 2020HailEllicott-Storm chaser reports large hail, 1 inch.
August 2020Heavy RainEllicott-Heavy rainfall of 0.75 inches fell between 5 and 530 PM.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindEllicott-Local broadcaster shared pictures of thunderstorm wind damage in Ellicott, CO from the severe storms. Based on archived radar information it appears that a microburst descended right on top of the damage location leading to the outbuilding and metal fencing damage.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindEllicott-Large barn and tack house knocked over intersection of hwy 94 and antelope drive. Doppler estimated winds of 60-65 mph.
July 2016Flash FloodEllicott-Heavy rain from a slow moving storm produced flash flooding of county roads and Highway 94.
July 2014Flash FloodEllicott-Heavy rain brought another round of flash flooding to area roads and low lying areas.
July 2014Flash FloodEllicott-High water flowed over roadways during a flash flood.
July 2011Flash FloodEllicott-Flowing water was covering roads to a depth of more than 6 inches at Peyton Highway and Highway 94.
June 2010Funnel CloudEllicott-Two funnel clouds reported.
May 2001Tornado (F0)Ellicott-A small, brief tornado occurred over open country with no damage or injuries.
June 1999HailEllicott-Hail up to 6 inches deep on highway 24.
July 2023HailEllicott-no account filed
June 2022HailEllicott-no account filed
July 2021HailEllicott-no account filed
May 2018HailEllicott-no account filed
August 2018HailEllicott-no account filed
August 2018HailEllicott-no account filed
August 2016HailEllicott-no account filed
July 2016HailEllicott-no account filed
July 2016HailEllicott-no account filed
July 2016HailEllicott-no account filed
May 2015HailEllicott-no account filed
July 2014Flash FloodEllicott-no account filed
July 2014HailEllicott-no account filed
July 2013HailEllicott-no account filed
August 2013HailEllicott-no account filed
August 2013HailEllicott-no account filed
August 2013HailEllicott-no account filed
June 2012HailEllicott-no account filed
June 2011Thunderstorm WindEllicott-no account filed
May 2010HailEllicott-no account filed
July 2010HailEllicott-no account filed
June 2009HailEllicott-no account filed
June 2009HailEllicott-no account filed
August 2009HailEllicott-no account filed
May 2008HailEllicott-no account filed
August 2007Thunderstorm WindEllicott-no account filed
May 2006HailEllicott-no account filed
May 2006Thunderstorm WindEllicott-no account filed
July 2006HailEllicott-no account filed
July 2006HailEllicott-no account filed
September 2006HailEllicott-no account filed
June 2005HailEllicott-no account filed
June 2005HailEllicott-no account filed
June 2005HailEllicott-no account filed
July 2005HailEllicott-no account filed

Every storm recorded in El Paso 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
Yoder8.7 miles16
Truckton12.9 miles17
Falcon13.4 miles27
Peyton14.1 miles13
Calhan14.4 miles11
Shirley14.8 miles30
Rush15.6 miles16
Cimarron Hills16.6 miles32

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 EllicottAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3709628The 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 193564. 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.