Guffey, Colorado
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Lake George census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80820. It stands on Freshwater Creek. The Survey maps it on the Thirtynine Mile Mountain quadrangle. 111 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 8,658 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresGuffey grew from 98 to 111 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 | 98 | |
| 2020 | 111 | +13 (+13%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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.
- 1954 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Guffey quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Pikes Peak quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Thirtynine Mile Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Thirtynine Mile Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
47 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Guffey between 1992 and 2020, burning about 129 acres in total. 25 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | WHERE YA COMIN' FROM |
| 21 August 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Royal Gorge Field Office | LITTLE MACK GULCH 2 |
| 21 August 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Royal Gorge Field Office | LITTLE MACK GULCH |
| 11 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Park County | not named |
| 10 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southern Park County Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 6 July 2011 | Natural | 5.4 acres | Royal Gorge Field Office | MILL GULCH |
| 4 July 2002 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Royal Gorge Field Office | CABIN GUL |
| 31 July 1993 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Park County | not named |
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 35 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Guffey: 15 past producers, 14 occurrences, 4 producers, 2 prospects. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Tungsten, Feldspar, Mica, Mica, Feldspar. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baumer Pegmatite | Mica, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, REE, Thorium | Occurrence | Allanite, Euxenite, Monazite | |
| Baumer Pegmatite Prospect | Uranium, Thorium, REE | Occurrence | 1950 | |
| Beryllium Lode Prospect | Mica, Feldspar, Beryllium | Occurrence | 1936, 1950 | |
| Betty Mine | Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver, Gold, Cobalt | Producer | 1932, 1960 | |
| Betty Mine | Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Chumway Park | Uranium, Vanadium | Prospect | ||
| Climax Mine | Feldspar, Mica, Beryllium, Quartz | Past Producer | 1950 | |
| Copper King Mine | Gold, Copper, Feldspar, Mica, Tungsten, Zinc | Past Producer | 1939 | |
| Crescent Mine | Tungsten, Copper, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Gold, Molybdenum | Past Producer | 1919 | |
| Famous Lode Mica Prospect | Mica, Feldspar, Tantalum, REE, Niobium (Columbium), Tungsten | Occurrence | 1944 |
Storms near this place
4 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Guffey in 4 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 2 hail, 1 lightning, 1 tornado. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Lightning | Guffey | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2025 | Hail | Guffey | - | The hail lasted 30 minutes. |
| June 2023 | Tornado (EF0) | Guffey | - | A tornado touched down and uprooted several softwood trees. Minor damage was also observed at a residence. |
| August 1993 | Hail | Guffey | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Balfour | 15.2 miles | 14 | |
| Trump (historical) | 15.7 miles | 14 | |
| Lake George | 18.0 miles | 30 | |
| Glentivar | 20.9 miles | 18 | |
| Platte Springs | 23.2 miles | 30 | |
| Pike-San Isabel Village | 23.3 miles | 15 | |
| Hartsel | 23.7 miles | 15 | |
| Tarryall | 25.7 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 Guffey | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3032513 | 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 204772. 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.









