Larkspur, Colorado
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Castle Rock census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80118. It stands on Carpenter Creek. The Survey maps it on the Larkspur quadrangle. 223 people lived here at the 2024 count. It stands 6,726 feet above sea level.
On record in Larkspur
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 3 records
American Federation of Human Rights Headquarterslisted 1998
Reginald Sinclaire Houselisted 1991
Spring Valley Schoollisted 1978
Population over time
2 figuresLarkspur grew from 183 to 223 between 2010 and 2024. 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 | 183 | |
| 2024 | 223 | +40 (+22%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 27 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.
- 1894 USGS Castle Rock quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1913 USGS Castle Rock quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Larkspur quadrangle1:24000, 9 printings
- 1957 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Castle Rock quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Larkspur quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
104 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 104 fires within 5 miles of Larkspur between 1992 and 2020, burning about 266 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 5 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 | 67 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Douglas County | not named |
| 7 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Douglas County | not named |
| 5 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Douglas County | not named |
| 28 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Douglas County | not named |
| 28 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Douglas County | not named |
| 26 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Douglas County | not named |
| 26 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Douglas County | not named |
| 25 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Larkspur: 7 producers, 3 past producers, 2 occurrences. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Churchill | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Larkspur | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Perry Park | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| Ware | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Occurrence | ||
| Larkspur Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
27 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Larkspur in 27 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 23 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 2002 | Flash Flood | Larkspur | - | Heavy rain washed out a frontage road. The Mountain Ranch subdivision was also flooded. |
| August 1993 | Hail | Larkspur | - | A severe thunderstorm dropped hail up to dime-size in Larkspur (26 miles north northwest of Colorado Springs). |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Larkspur | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Larkspur | - | no account filed |
| September 2019 | Hail | Larkspur | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Larkspur | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Larkspur | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Larkspur | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Larkspur | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Larkspur | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Larkspur | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Larkspur | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Larkspur | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Larkspur | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Larkspur | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Larkspur | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Larkspur | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Larkspur | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Larkspur | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Larkspur | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Larkspur | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Larkspur | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Larkspur | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Larkspur | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Hail | Larkspur | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Larkspur | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Hail | Larkspur | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenland | 3.6 miles | 23 | |
| Spruce | 5.0 miles | 27 | |
| Tomah | 5.1 miles | 28 | |
| Perry Park | 5.9 miles | 28 | |
| Monte Vista Estates | 9.6 miles | 28 | |
| Castle Rock | 10.0 miles | 28 | |
| Founders Village | 11.0 miles | 28 | |
| Shamballah-Ashrama | 11.1 miles | 29 |
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 Larkspur | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2456193 | 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 193176. 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.








