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Ken Caryl, Colorado

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Northeast Jefferson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80127. The Survey maps it on the Littleton quadrangle. 33,811 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,761 feet above sea level.

Ken Caryl within Jefferson County

Population over time

2 figures

Ken Caryl grew from 32,438 to 33,811 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.

YearPeople Change
201032,438
202033,811+1,373 (+4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

366 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 366 fires within 5 miles of Ken Caryl between 2003 and 2020, burning about 416 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 18 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/undetermined281
Smoking21
Arson/incendiarism18
Equipment and vehicle use11
Fireworks10
Natural8
Recreation and ceremony6
Debris and open burning6
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
5 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
4 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLittleton Fire RescueUNKNOWN
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersLITTLETON
4 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
3 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
3 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLittleton Fire RescueUNKNOWN
28 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 33 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 33 workings within 5 miles of Ken Caryl: 17 producers, 12 occurrences, 3 unknowns, 1 past producer. 17 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Uranium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Deer Creek MineGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
No Name PegmatiteFeldsparProducer
Rock Products No 2StoneProducer
Union Mica LodeGold, Beryllium, Mica, SilverPast Producer
Mann Mine No. 1UraniumOccurrence
Pallaro LeaseUraniumOccurrenceCarnotite
Deer Creek South Pit QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
The Ridge At Stony Creek1.2 miles21
Meadowbrook Heights1.6 miles21
Columbine Knolls1.9 miles21
Columbine2.4 miles21
Columbine Hills2.5 miles21
West Meadows2.6 miles23
The Valley2.7 miles23
Normandy Estates2.9 miles21

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 Ken CarylAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1680702The 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 1867086. 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.