Gunbarrel, Colorado
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Boulder census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80301. The Survey maps it on the Niwot quadrangle. 9,554 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,282 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresGunbarrel grew from 9,263 to 9,554 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 | 9,263 | |
| 2020 | 9,554 | +291 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 26 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.
- 1904 USGS Niwot quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Niwot quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1951 USGS Niwot quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Niwot quadrangle1:24000, 7 printings
- 1984 USGS Estes Park quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
405 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 405 fires within 5 miles of Gunbarrel between 1992 and 2020, burning about 216 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 17 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 | 286 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 32 |
| Smoking | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mountain View Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Boulder Fire Rescue Department | N/A |
| 6 September 2020 | Smoking | under an acre | Boulder Fire Rescue Department | N/A |
| 5 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Rocky Mountain Fire Protection District | N/A |
| 5 September 2019 | Smoking | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | N/A |
| 4 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Mountain View Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 4 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Boulder Rural Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 30 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Boulder Fire Rescue Department | UNKNOWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 24 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Gunbarrel: 10 occurrences, 9 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper King Nickel Mine | Nickel | Past Producer | ||
| Gold Hill Beryl Claims (unverifiable) | Beryllium | Past Producer | ||
| New Girl | Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | ||
| Valmont Mill | Silver, Copper, Gold, Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Boulder Brick & Tile Co. | Clay | Producer | Clay | |
| Colorado Brick | Clay | Producer | ||
| Boulder Mill | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Stump | Gold, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Beaver | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Boulder Gravel Products | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold | 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.
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 Gunbarrel | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2193151 | 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 169440. 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.










