Ignacio, Colorado
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Ignacio census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81137. It lies near Rattlesnake Hill. The Survey maps it on the Ignacio quadrangle. 852 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,516 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresIgnacio grew from 669 to 852 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 669 | |
| 2010 | 697 | +28 (+4%) |
| 2020 | 852 | +155 (+22%) |
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.
- 1908 USGS Ignacio quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1924 USGS Ignacio quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1945 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Ignacio quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Durango quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
193 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 193 fires within 5 miles of Ignacio between 1992 and 2020, burning about 437 acres in total. 45 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 | 68 |
| Natural | 45 |
| Debris and open burning | 43 |
| Smoking | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| 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 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Ute Agency | IGNACIO PEAK |
| 7 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 4 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Ute Agency | HWY 310 |
| 26 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Los Pinos Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 22 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Southern Ute Agency | 518 |
| 2 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Ute Agency | 319 |
| 2 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Ute Agency | BIG TREE |
| 11 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Los Pinos Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
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 Ignacio: 8 past producers. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ignacio in 7 storm reports between 1997 and 2010: 2 heavy rain, 1 tornado, 1 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ignacio | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Tornado (F1) | Ignacio | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Flood | Ignacio | $2,000 | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Funnel Cloud | Ignacio | - | A cold core funnel cloud was observed by a number of eyewitnesses. |
| July 2007 | Hail | Ignacio | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Heavy Rain | Ignacio | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Heavy Rain | Ignacio | - | 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 Ignacio | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2276683 | 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 184487. 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.









