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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.

Gunbarrel within Boulder County

Population over time

2 figures

Gunbarrel 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.

YearPeople Change
20109,263
20209,554+291 (+3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 26 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

405 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined286
Equipment and vehicle use32
Smoking22
Arson/incendiarism17
Debris and open burning16
Recreation and ceremony13
Natural8
Fireworks3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1

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 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMountain View Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBoulder Fire Rescue DepartmentN/A
6 September 2020Smokingunder an acreBoulder Fire Rescue DepartmentN/A
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRocky Mountain Fire Protection DistrictN/A
5 September 2019Smokingunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersN/A
4 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMountain View Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
4 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBoulder Rural Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
30 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBoulder Fire Rescue DepartmentUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Boulder County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Copper King Nickel MineNickelPast Producer
Gold Hill Beryl Claims (unverifiable)BerylliumPast Producer
New GirlFluorine-FluoritePast Producer
Valmont MillSilver, Copper, Gold, Zinc, LeadPast Producer
Boulder Brick & Tile Co.ClayProducerClay
Colorado BrickClayProducer
Boulder MillGold, SilverPast Producer
StumpGold, SilverOccurrence
BeaverGoldPast Producer
Boulder Gravel ProductsSand and Gravel, Construction, GoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in Boulder 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
Valmont2.7 miles26
Niwot2.8 miles26
Liggett3.2 miles26
Boulder Junction3.6 miles26
Ara4.3 miles29
Leyner4.6 miles22
Gooding5.6 miles22
Boulder5.6 miles29

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 GunbarrelAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2193151The 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.