Hayden, Colorado
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Hayden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81639. It lies near Coal Bank Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Hayden quadrangle. 1,941 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,434 feet above sea level.
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On record in Hayden
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 6 records
Hayden Co-Operative Elevator Companylisted 2015
Hayden Depotlisted 1992
Hayden Rooming Houselisted 1999- Dawson-Carpenter Ranchlisted 1998
- Kimsey-Bolten Ranch Rural Historic Landscapelisted 2012
- Solandt Memorial Hospitallisted 2011
Population over time
2 figuresHayden grew from 1,810 to 1,941 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 | 1,810 | |
| 2020 | 1,941 | +131 (+7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 17 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.
- 1916 USGS Daton Peak quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1920 USGS Daton Peak quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Hayden quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Meeker quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
20 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Hayden between 1992 and 2014, burning about 1,140 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 1 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/undetermined | 8 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Northwest District, Craig | GUNRANGE |
| 4 August 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Routt County | not named |
| 17 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,010 acres | Northwest District, Craig | COG |
| 4 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | HAYDEN |
| 30 July 1995 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Routt County | not named |
| 21 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Yampa Valley Regional Airport | UNKNOWN |
| 15 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 10 July 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Routt County | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Hayden: 6 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel | |
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hayden in 11 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 4 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1997 | Hail | Hayden | $50,000 | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Flood | Hayden | $10,000 | no account filed |
| April 2023 | Flood | Hayden | $1,000 | Rapid snowmelt resulted in Dry Creek, which runs underneath Highway 40, coming out of its banks. As a result, Highway 40 was closed and shut down in both directions from Craig to Steamboat Springs due to safety concerns. Schools in Hayden were closed. Flood waters did not recede for several days. |
| April 2023 | Flood | Hayden | $1,000 | Rapid snowmelt resulted in Dry Creek, which runs underneath S Popular Street, coming out of its banks. As a result, S Popular Street near Harvest Drive was closed due to flooding. Flood waters did not recede for several days. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hayden | - | Wind gusts estimated to be in the 70 to 75 mph range uprooted or snapped some trees and blew the roof off of a house. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hayden | - | Hayden ASOS reported 59 mph wind gust. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Hayden | - | Hail up to 3/4 of an inch in diameter was reported in Hayden. Hail covered the ground for a couple of hours. |
| July 2010 | Hail | Hayden | - | Penny sized hail, heavy rainfall and gusty winds were reported near Hayden. The electrical power was temporarily off in the area due to the storm. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hayden | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hayden | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Hayden | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Harris | 6.0 miles | 17 | |
| Bear River (historical) | 7.5 miles | 19 | |
| Elkhead | 10.9 miles | 21 | |
| McGregor | 11.8 miles | 19 | |
| Milner | 12.6 miles | 19 | |
| Pagoda | 13.8 miles | 19 | |
| Dunckley | 13.8 miles | 20 | |
| Mystic | 14.8 miles | 18 |
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 Hayden | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2163978 | 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 201992. 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.










