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Evergreen, Colorado

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Central Jefferson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80439. It stands on Little Cub Creek. The Survey maps it on the Evergreen quadrangle. 9,307 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 7,218 feet above sea level.

Evergreen within Jefferson County

On record in Evergreen

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 9 records

Population over time

2 figures

Evergreen grew from 9,038 to 9,307 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
20109,038
20209,307+269 (+3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 24 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

210 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 210 fires within 5 miles of Evergreen between 1995 and 2020, burning about 110 acres in total. 11 started naturally. None was 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/undetermined188
Natural11
Equipment and vehicle use8
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Debris and open burning1

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 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersINDIAN HILLS
8 September 2019Naturalunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
8 September 2019Naturalunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersN/A
5 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
3 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersIDLEDALE
25 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIndian Hills Fire/RescueUNKNOWN
23 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreEvergreen Fire/RescueUNKNOWN
20 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreEvergreen Fire/RescueUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 35 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Evergreen: 17 past producers, 15 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. 15 still produce. What was taken out: Feldspar, Uranium, Clay, 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
Augusta MineCopper, Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zinc, Lead, Gold, CobaltPast Producer1966
Bear CreekGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Blackstone ClaimUranium, Radium, VanadiumProspect
Burroughs Feldspar MineFeldspar, Beryllium, Mica, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Bismuth, REE, Uranium, Thorium, LithiumPast Producer1942, 1944
Evergreen Florite DepositFluorine-Fluorite, Copper, Gold, Lead, SilverPast Producer
FoothillsGold, SilverPast Producer
Grapevine MineUranium, VanadiumPast Producer1955
Idledale DistrictUranium, Copper, Lead, ZincPast Producer1955, 1968
Malachite MineGold, Copper, Silver, Zinc, Nickel, LeadPast Producer1866, 1888
Seven Hills-Yetter Ranch PegmatiteFeldspar, Mica, Quartz, Garnet, GemstoneOccurrenceBiotite, Garnet, Microcline, Muscovite, Quartz, Tourmaline

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

34 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Evergreen in 34 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 22 hail, 9 lightning, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2001LightningEvergreen$1,000,000Lightning ignited a fire which destroyed a luxury home on Bear Mountain near Evergreen.
April 2003LightningEvergreen$100,000Lightning struck a chimney at a residence in Hiwan, sending stones flying as far as 150 feet. Electrical equipment in some nearby homes also failed. Damage to the residence, in addition to electrical equipment, was estimated to be $100,000.
July 2014Flash FloodEvergreen$20,000Heavy rainfall, nearly two inches in one hour, flooded several residences. In addition, several bridges along Forest Estate Road were washed out.
June 2002LightningEvergreen$5,000Lightning damaged the Evergreen Fire Protection District (EFPD) repeater. One microwave transmitter, the main fire channel transmitter and two solor panel controllers were ruined.
May 2011LightningEvergreen$1,000Lightning struck a park ranger's office and destroyed a nearby gasoline storage tank.
August 2008LightningEvergreen$1,000no account filed
May 2006LightningEvergreen-A lightning strike sparked a fire at a recreation center in Evergreen. The roof of the building was damaged. In addition, the small fire that was ignited also spread into some brush. The ensuing brush fire consumed about one quarter of an acre.
August 2002LightningEvergreen-Lightning struck a home causing extensive damage.
June 1999LightningEvergreen-Lightning sparked two small fires at separate residences near the Hiwan Country Club.
August 2025HailEvergreen-no account filed
June 2023HailEvergreen-no account filed
June 2023HailEvergreen-no account filed
June 2023HailEvergreen-no account filed
June 2023HailEvergreen-no account filed
June 2023HailEvergreen-no account filed
September 2019HailEvergreen-no account filed
May 2018HailEvergreen-no account filed
May 2018HailEvergreen-no account filed
May 2015HailEvergreen-no account filed
July 2011HailEvergreen-no account filed
June 2010HailEvergreen-no account filed
July 2009HailEvergreen-no account filed
June 2006HailEvergreen-no account filed
June 2006HailEvergreen-no account filed
June 2004HailEvergreen-no account filed
June 2004HailEvergreen-no account filed
June 2004HailEvergreen-no account filed
July 2004Thunderstorm WindEvergreen-no account filed
July 2004Thunderstorm WindEvergreen-no account filed
August 2002HailEvergreen-no account filed
June 1999HailEvergreen-no account filed
June 1998HailEvergreen-no account filed
July 1996HailEvergreen-no account filed
July 1996LightningEvergreen-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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
Hiwan Hills0.8 miles24
Herzman Mesa1.6 miles21
Troutdale1.7 miles24
Stanley Park1.7 miles21
Kittredge1.7 miles24
Mountain Meadow Heights1.9 miles24
Wah Keeney Park2.2 miles24
Elephant Park2.4 miles24

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 EvergreenAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2111166The 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 204712. 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.