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Longmont, Colorado

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Longmont census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80501. It stands on Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Longmont quadrangle. 98,885 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,984 feet above sea level.

Longmont within Boulder County

On record in Longmont

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 12 records

Population over time

2 figures

Longmont grew from 86,270 to 98,885 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
201086,270
202098,885+12,615 (+15%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 23 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

359 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 359 fires within 5 miles of Longmont between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,300 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 23 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/undetermined266
Arson/incendiarism23
Debris and open burning20
Recreation and ceremony13
Equipment and vehicle use12
Smoking9
Natural7
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Fireworks2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1

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
9 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMountain View Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
8 September 2018Smokingunder an acreLongmont Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersLONGMONT
28 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
27 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersLONGMONT
27 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
22 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBoulder Fire Rescue DepartmentUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Boulder County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Longmont: 9 producers, 6 occurrences, 4 past producers. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Gold, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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
Button R DamFluorine-FluoritePast Producer
Lefthand Creek PlacerGoldOccurrencePlacer
Longmont Brick & Tile Co.ClayProducerSedimentary
Longmont PlantClayProducer
Frontier Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Longmont PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
MarlattSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
MarnetteSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Boulder County

Storms near this place

60 of 77 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Longmont in 77 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 61 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 5 lightning. The reports record 2 injuries. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2000LightningLongmont2 hurtLightning struck near two golfers at Ute Creek Golf Course, knocking them to the ground. The men received minor injures.
September 1996LightningWest Longmont$7,000no account filed
August 2009LightningLongmont$5,000Lightning struck and killed a 2-yr old horse at Colorado Horse Rescue's Longmont farm.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindLongmont-Intense thunderstorms winds knocked down several power poles in Longmont.
July 1997LightningLongmont-Lightning struck a fertilizer warehouse. Approximately one third of the structure was damaged.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindLongmont-Strong thunderstorm winds downed power lines which caused a 30 minute power outage.
June 1997HailLongmont-Heavy rain and hail caused widespread street flooding in Longmont. Standing water was 2 feet deep in spots.
July 2024HailLongmont-no account filed
May 2023HailLongmont-no account filed
May 2023HailLongmont-no account filed
May 2023HailLongmont-no account filed
May 2023HailLongmont-no account filed
June 2020HailLongmont-no account filed
September 2019HailLongmont-no account filed
September 2019HailLongmont-no account filed
September 2019HailLongmont-no account filed
September 2019HailLongmont-no account filed
September 2019HailLongmont-no account filed
September 2019HailLongmont-no account filed
July 2019HailLongmont-no account filed
July 2019HailLongmont-no account filed
June 2018HailLongmont-no account filed
May 2018HailLongmont-no account filed
May 2018HailLongmont-no account filed
May 2018HailLongmont-no account filed
August 2018HailLongmont-no account filed
August 2018HailLongmont-no account filed
August 2018HailLongmont-no account filed
August 2018HailLongmont-no account filed
August 2018HailLongmont-no account filed
June 2015HailLongmont-no account filed
June 2015HailLongmont-no account filed
March 2014Thunderstorm WindLongmont-no account filed
June 2013HailLongmont-no account filed
June 2013HailLongmont-no account filed
September 2012Thunderstorm WindLongmont-no account filed
June 2009HailLongmont-no account filed
June 2009HailLongmont-no account filed
June 2009HailLongmont-no account filed
June 2009HailLongmont-no account filed
July 2009HailLongmont-no account filed
July 2009HailLongmont-no account filed
July 2009HailLongmont-no account filed
August 2009HailLongmont-no account filed
May 2008HailLongmont-no account filed
May 2008HailLongmont-no account filed
May 2008HailLongmont-no account filed
May 2008HailLongmont-no account filed
May 2008HailLongmont-no account filed
April 2007HailLongmont-no account filed
April 2007HailLongmont-no account filed
May 2006Thunderstorm WindLongmont-no account filed
May 2005HailLongmont-no account filed
May 2005HailLongmont-no account filed
May 2005HailLongmont-no account filed
May 2005HailLongmont-no account filed
May 2005HailLongmont-no account filed
May 2005HailLongmont-no account filed
May 2005HailLongmont-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindLongmont-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Boulder 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
Marnett1.7 miles24
Dominion2.1 miles24
Morey3.5 miles23
Pleasant View Ridge4.3 miles22
Hygiene4.4 miles24
Highland5.0 miles23
Niwot5.7 miles26
Gooding6.5 miles22

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 LongmontAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q988283The 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 202560. 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.