Hillrose, Colorado
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Brush census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80733. It stands on Camp Creek. The Survey maps it on the Brush East quadrangle. 312 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,173 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresHillrose grew from 264 to 312 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 | 264 | |
| 2020 | 312 | +48 (+18%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1951 USGS Brush East quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Sterling quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Sterling quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Brush East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Fort Morgan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
17 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Hillrose between 1993 and 2019, burning about 1,204 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2004 | Natural | 1,000 acres | Fort Collins Interagency Dispatch Center | SAGE BRUSH |
| 1 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 150 acres | Morgan County | CHAPMAN |
| 22 July 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Rocky Mountain National Park | SEVEN PINE |
| 18 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Hillrose-Snyder Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 9 June 2018 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Brush Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 22 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | HILLROSE |
| 1 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 4 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | HILLROSE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Hillrose: 3 occurrences, 3 producers. 3 still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Sand | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Sand |
Storms near this place
27 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hillrose in 27 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 20 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2018 | Tornado (EF2) | Hillrose | - | A tornado touched down and uprooted many trees. Outbuildings were extensively damaged or destroyed. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Hillrose | - | Large hail damaged vehicles on Interstate 76. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hillrose | - | Large branches, 6 to 8 inches in diameter, were blown down. |
| September 2001 | Hail | Hillrose | - | Large hail, up to golfball size, damaged 10 percent of the corn crops in and near Hillrose. Several windows in town were also broken. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hillrose | - | Intense straight line winds estimated to 80 mph (70 kts) lifted the roof off a barn. A modular home adjacent to the structure was heavily damaged. A wooden beam from the barn smashed into the wall of the home. Five vehicles, three parked inside the barn, were also damaged. |
| August 1997 | Flash Flood | Hillrose | - | Heavy rain, in excess of 4 inches, caused extensive flooding problems in the Hillrose area. Floodwaters covered portions of Highway 6, east of Hillrose. In addition, several basements in the town were flooded. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Hillrose | - | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Hail | Hillrose | - | no account filed |
| May 2021 | Hail | Hillrose | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Hillrose | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Hillrose | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Hillrose | - | no account filed |
| September 2016 | Hail | Hillrose | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Hillrose | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Hillrose | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Hillrose | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Hillrose | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Hillrose | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Hillrose | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hillrose | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Hillrose | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hillrose | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Hillrose | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Hillrose | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Hillrose | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Hillrose | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Hillrose | - | 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.
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 Hillrose | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2303283 | 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 182927. 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.




