Howard, Colorado
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Cotopaxi census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81233. It stands on Howard Creek. The Survey maps it on the Howard quadrangle. 852 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,716 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresHoward grew from 723 to 852 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 | 723 | |
| 2020 | 852 | +129 (+18%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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 Pueblo quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Howard quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1962 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Howard quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Canon City quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Howard quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
30 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Howard between 1992 and 2020, burning about 56 acres in total. 12 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | STOUT CREEK |
| 13 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florence Fire Protection District | N/A |
| 18 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Arkansas Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 16 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Howard Fire Department | N/A |
| 1 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Royal Gorge Field Office | KERR GULCH |
| 28 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Howard Fire Department | N/A |
| 26 July 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Royal Gorge Field Office | HOWARD |
| 22 July 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Royal Gorge Field Office | STOUT CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 33 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 33 workings within 5 miles of Howard: 10 producers, 9 past producers, 8 occurrences, 4 prospects. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Limestone, General, Uranium, Feldspar. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calcite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Calcium | Past Producer | ||
| Howard Prospect | Feldspar, Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Howard Sand Gulch | Feldspar, Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Knob Hill | Feldspar, Mica, Garnet | Prospect | Biotite, Garnet, Muscovite, Quartz | |
| Ogden Prospect | Feldspar, Mica | Prospect | Microcline, Muscovite | |
| Pine Canyon Lode | Uranium, Copper | Prospect | Malachite | |
| Schaaf Prospect | Mica, Feldspar | Occurrence | Feldspar, Mica | |
| Taylor Gulch Quarry | Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Limestone | |
| Triangle V | Clay | Producer | ||
| Vol-Poz #1-3 | Volcanic Materials | Occurrence | Ash |
Storms near this place
3 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Howard in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2015: 2 hail, 1 lightning. 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wellsville | 4.8 miles | 19 | |
| Vallie | 5.0 miles | 19 | |
| Coaldale | 7.1 miles | 18 | |
| Pleasanton | 7.4 miles | 17 | |
| Cotopaxi | 9.5 miles | 17 | |
| Whitehorn | 13.7 miles | 15 | |
| Texas Creek | 13.7 miles | 15 | |
| Echo | 15.7 miles | 15 |
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 Howard | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5918887 | 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 191723. 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.









