Manitou Springs, Colorado
37 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Monument census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80829. It lies near Williams Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Manitou Springs quadrangle. 4,858 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,358 feet above sea level.
On record in Manitou 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 12 records
Barker Houselisted 1979
Briarhurstlisted 1973
Bridge over Fountain Creeklisted 1985
Cliff Houselisted 1980
Crystal Valley Cemeterylisted 1982
First Congregational Churchlisted 1979
Keithley Log Cabin Development Districtlisted 1982
Manitou Bathhouselisted 1979
Manitou Springs Bridges (2)listed 1985
Manitou Springs Historic Districtlisted 1983
Miramontlisted 1977
Wheeler Banklisted 1980
Population over time
2 figuresManitou Springs fell from 4,992 to 4,858 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 | 4,992 | |
| 2020 | 4,858 | -134 (-3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
16 surveys from 37 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.
- 1893 USGS Colorado Springs quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1909 USGS Colorado Springs quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1942 USGS Colorado Springs quadrangle1:125000
- 1948 USGS Colorado Springs quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Manitou Springs quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Manitou quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Colorado Springs quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Manitou Springs quadrangle1:24000, 11 printings
- 1962 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Colorado Springs quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Manitou Springs quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
593 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 593 fires within 5 miles of Manitou Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 19,777 acres in total. 27 started naturally. 8 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 | 496 |
| Natural | 27 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 22 |
| Smoking | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 9 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado Springs Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 8 September 2018 | Smoking | under an acre | Colorado Springs Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 6 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | EAGLE LAKE |
| 5 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado Springs Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 4 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 30 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado Springs Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 3 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | CAMP #1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 56 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 56 workings within 5 miles of Manitou Springs: 30 producers, 16 occurrences, 8 past producers, 1 prospect. 30 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Canyon | Magnesite, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Black Canyon | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Magnesite | Past Producer | ||
| Blair Athol Mine | Copper, Uranium, Manganese | Past Producer | Chalcocite | |
| Camp Creek Mine | Silver, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Castle Concrete Lennox B | Magnesite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Crystal Park Area | Beryllium, Gemstone, Niobium (Columbium), REE | Producer | Amazonstone, Zircon | |
| Gold Hill Mesa tailings | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | tailings | |
| Kenmuir | Stone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| South Apache Creek Prospects | Uranium, Vanadium | Prospect | ||
| Springs Silica Co | Silica, Quartz | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnehaha | 2.3 miles | 37 | |
| Glen Eyrie | 2.8 miles | 34 | |
| Midway | 3.2 miles | 37 | |
| Cascade | 3.9 miles | 34 | |
| Old Mountain View (historical) | 4.3 miles | 37 | |
| Roswell | 5.3 miles | 32 | |
| Colorado Springs | 5.4 miles | 32 | |
| Ivywild | 5.5 miles | 32 |
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 Manitou Springs | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2086787 | 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 193457. 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.















