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.
Population over time
2 figuresEllicott 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,131 | |
| 2020 | 1,248 | +117 (+10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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.
- 1893 USGS Big Springs quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Ellicott quadrangle1:24000, 3 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
- 1981 USGS Colorado Springs quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
37 since 1993Regional 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/undetermined | 26 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | El Paso County | UNKNOWN |
| 8 July 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | El Paso County | not named |
| 22 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | CALHAN |
| 21 July 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | El Paso County | not named |
| 2 July 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | Ellicott Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 29 June 1994 | Natural | 5.0 acres | El Paso County | not named |
| 1 June 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | El Paso County | not named |
| 30 May 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | CALHAN |
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel |
Storms near this place
60 of 92 shownRegional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellicott | 7 hurt, $400,000 | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Tornado (F2) | Ellicott | 5 hurt, $100,000 | A 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 2001 | Tornado (F2) | Ellicott | 4 hurt, $8,000,000 | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Tornado (F1) | Ellicott | 4 hurt, $20,000 | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellicott | $1,250,000 | Severe 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 2016 | Hail | Ellicott | $30,000 | A 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 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellicott | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellicott | - | Wind gusts of 62 mph was measured around Ellicott, Colorado. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Ellicott | - | Picture of 1 inch diameter hail from social media. |
| August 2024 | Hail | Ellicott | - | A public source reported hail of approximately 1.0 inch in diameter. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Ellicott | - | Reported by a trained spotter. |
| September 2021 | Hail | Ellicott | - | Winds of 50 mph or greater were also observed. |
| July 2020 | Hail | Ellicott | - | Report came from an image on Twitter. |
| July 2020 | Hail | Ellicott | - | Report came from an image on Twitter. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Ellicott | - | Storm chaser reports large hail, 1 inch. |
| August 2020 | Heavy Rain | Ellicott | - | Heavy rainfall of 0.75 inches fell between 5 and 530 PM. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellicott | - | 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 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellicott | - | Large barn and tack house knocked over intersection of hwy 94 and antelope drive. Doppler estimated winds of 60-65 mph. |
| July 2016 | Flash Flood | Ellicott | - | Heavy rain from a slow moving storm produced flash flooding of county roads and Highway 94. |
| July 2014 | Flash Flood | Ellicott | - | Heavy rain brought another round of flash flooding to area roads and low lying areas. |
| July 2014 | Flash Flood | Ellicott | - | High water flowed over roadways during a flash flood. |
| July 2011 | Flash Flood | Ellicott | - | Flowing water was covering roads to a depth of more than 6 inches at Peyton Highway and Highway 94. |
| June 2010 | Funnel Cloud | Ellicott | - | Two funnel clouds reported. |
| May 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Ellicott | - | A small, brief tornado occurred over open country with no damage or injuries. |
| June 1999 | Hail | Ellicott | - | Hail up to 6 inches deep on highway 24. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Ellicott | - | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Hail | Ellicott | - | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Hail | Ellicott | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Ellicott | - | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Hail | Ellicott | - | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Hail | Ellicott | - | no account filed |
| August 2016 | Hail | Ellicott | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Ellicott | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Ellicott | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Ellicott | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Ellicott | - | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Flash Flood | Ellicott | - | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Hail | Ellicott | - | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Hail | Ellicott | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Ellicott | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Ellicott | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Ellicott | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Ellicott | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellicott | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Ellicott | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Ellicott | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Ellicott | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Ellicott | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Ellicott | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Ellicott | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellicott | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Ellicott | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellicott | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Ellicott | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Ellicott | - | no account filed |
| September 2006 | Hail | Ellicott | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Ellicott | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Ellicott | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Ellicott | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Ellicott | - | 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.
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 Ellicott | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3709628 | 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 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.








