Hot Sulphur Springs, Colorado
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Granby census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80451. It stands on Heimbaugh Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hot Sulphur Springs quadrangle. 687 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 7,680 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresHot Sulphur Springs grew from 663 to 687 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 | 663 | |
| 2020 | 687 | +24 (+4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 18 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 Craig quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Hot Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 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
- 1980 USGS Hot Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Steamboat Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
23 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Hot Sulphur Springs between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,206 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 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Northwest District, Craig | MCQUEARY |
| 25 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | N/A |
| 15 September 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5.0 acres | Northwest District, Craig | COUNTY RD 3 |
| 24 August 2015 | Firearms and explosives use | 643 acres | Northwest District, Craig | RIFLE RANGE |
| 22 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Northwest District, Craig | BYERS RANGE |
| 13 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kremmling Field Office | LOG |
| 12 August 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Northwest District, Craig | KINNEY CRK |
| 5 July 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Craig | CHIMNY RCK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Hot Sulphur Springs: 9 occurrences, 4 producers, 3 past producers, 2 unknowns. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Uranium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Hot Sulphur Springs | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel | |
| Lease #011850 | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Lucky Jack | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Clay | Occurrence | Clay | |
| Unknown | Uranium | Occurrence |
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 Hot Sulphur Springs | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2275053 | 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 173265. 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.









