Federal Heights, Colorado
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the West Adams census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80260. The Survey maps it on the Commerce City quadrangle. 14,382 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,292 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresFederal Heights grew from 11,467 to 14,382 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 | 11,467 | |
| 2020 | 14,382 | +2,915 (+25%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 28 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
- 1938 USGS Derby quadrangle1:24000
- 1940 USGS Derby quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Derby quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Derby quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Derby quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Commerce City quadrangle1:24000, 7 printings
- 1981 USGS Denver East quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1,017 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,017 fires within 5 miles of Federal Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 173 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 35 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 | 865 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 35 |
| Smoking | 32 |
| Fireworks | 22 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
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 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | N/A |
| 9 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | ARVADA |
| 9 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | WESTMINSTER |
| 9 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | North Metro Fire Rescue District | N/A |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | North Metro Fire Rescue District | N/A |
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | North Metro Fire Rescue District | UNKNOWN |
| 7 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Thornton Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 88 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 88 workings within 5 miles of Federal Heights: 54 past producers, 17 unknowns, 11 occurrences, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams North Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | 1956 | |
| Denver Brick & Pipe Co. | Clay | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Gold, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Placer | |
| Unknown | Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Cooley Gravel Co. Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold | Past Producer | 1951, 1964 | |
| Gordon Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold | Past Producer | Gold, Sand and Gravel | |
| Swadley Placers | Gold | Past Producer | 1858, 1859 | |
| Thornton Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold | Producer | 1980 | |
| Adams County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Adams County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sherrelwood Estates | 0.7 miles | 24 | |
| Sherrelwood | 1.0 miles | 24 | |
| Homestead Heights | 1.1 miles | 24 | |
| Holiday Hills Village | 1.1 miles | 24 | |
| Western Hills | 1.3 miles | 28 | |
| Fairview | 1.4 miles | 24 | |
| Kimberly Hills | 1.5 miles | 24 | |
| Thornton | 1.8 miles | 28 |
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 Federal Heights | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q994446 | 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 169445. 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.











