Idaho Springs, Colorado
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Idaho Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80452. It lies near Virginia Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Idaho Springs quadrangle. 1,782 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 7,526 feet above sea level.
On record in Idaho Springs
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 9 records
Argo Tunnel and Milllisted 1978
Bryan Hose Houselisted 1998
Echo Lake Parklisted 1995
Hose House No. 2listed 1998
Idaho Springs Downtown Commercial Districtlisted 1984
Methodist Episcopal Churchlisted 1998
Miner Street Bridgelisted 1985
Summit Lake Parklisted 1995- Evans-Elbert Ranchlisted 1980
Population over time
2 figuresIdaho Springs grew from 1,717 to 1,782 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 | 1,717 | |
| 2020 | 1,782 | +65 (+4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 28 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.
- 1903 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Idaho Springs quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Denver West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
72 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Idaho Springs between 1993 and 2020, burning about 234 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined | 28 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
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 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Central City Fire Department | N/A |
| 4 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | not named |
| 17 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Clear Creek County Office | FREIGHT STATION |
| 17 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | BARBOUR FORK |
| 17 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | SODA CREEK |
| 9 August 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | BALD MOUNTAIN |
| 7 August 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | DEVIL |
| 31 August 2020 | Smoking | under an acre | Black Hawk Fire Department | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 1,014 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1,014 workings within 5 miles of Idaho Springs: 870 past producers, 64 producers, 57 occurrences, 20 unknowns. 65 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Gold, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 394357 | Silver, Uranium, Vanadium | Past Producer | ||
| Ajax | Mica, Feldspar, Quartz | Producer | Feldspar, Mica, Quartz | |
| Ajax Mica Mine | Mica, Feldspar, Quartz | Past Producer | ||
| Alma-Lincoln Mine | Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Uranium | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Enargite, Galena, Polybasite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tennantite, Gold, Cerussite, Chalcocite, Covellite | |
| Anchor | Molybdenum, Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | Molybdenite, Pyrite, Fluorite | |
| Baltimore-#7391 | Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | 1867 | |
| Barita-Hill Mine | Zinc, Silver, Lead | Producer | Galena, Silver | |
| Black Bear Mine | Lead, Silver, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Blackhawk District | Tungsten, Gold, Silver, Copper | Producer | COPPER - SILVER - GOLD VEINS, DISSEMINATED | |
| Bonanza | Gold, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Silver, Uranium | Unknown | Pyrite, Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite, Galena, Pitchblende |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argo Mill | 0.4 miles | 28 | |
| Gilson Gulch | 1.4 miles | 27 | |
| Black Eagle Mill | 2.1 miles | 28 | |
| Blue Valley | 3.2 miles | 18 | |
| Freeland | 4.3 miles | 28 | |
| Dumont | 4.8 miles | 27 | |
| Lamartine | 5.5 miles | 28 | |
| Downieville | 5.6 miles | 27 |
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 Idaho Springs | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1010506 | 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 204710. 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.








