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Monument, Colorado

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Monument census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80132. It stands on Crystal Creek. The Survey maps it on the Monument quadrangle. 10,399 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,975 feet above sea level.

Monument within El Paso County

On record in Monument

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 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Monument grew from 5,530 to 10,399 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
20105,530
202010,399+4,869 (+88%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 28 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

243 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 243 fires within 5 miles of Monument between 1992 and 2020, burning about 256 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 13 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/undetermined158
Recreation and ceremony25
Natural20
Arson/incendiarism13
Equipment and vehicle use11
Smoking7
Debris and open burning5
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Fireworks2

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
8 September 2007Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestMT HERMAN RD
8 September 2006Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestMONUMENT ROCK
6 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestMT HERMAN
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
29 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTri Lakes Monument Fire Rescue AuthorityUNKNOWN
28 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado Springs Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
23 September 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresLarkspur Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
22 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePike and San Isabel National Forest320 A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in El Paso County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Monument: 2 producers, 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Higginson PitGranitePast Producer
Sand and GravelStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel
Husted PitClayProducer
Moore PropertyClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in El Paso County

Storms near this place

60 of 122 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Monument in 122 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 92 hail, 15 heavy rain, 7 thunderstorm wind, 5 lightning. The reports record 2 deaths and 1 injury. 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 1997LightningMonument1 killedA 39-year-old man was struck and serious burned by a lightning bolt in a small open field in Monument. He was transported to a Denver hospital for treatment, but died the next day.
August 2003LightningMonument1 killedno account filed
July 2003LightningMonument1 hurtno account filed
July 2000LightningMonument$5,000Lightning struck a residence and caused a small fire on the roof and into the attic. The smoke and water damage was contained to the attic and roof.
May 2023Heavy RainMonument-There was 1.23 inches of rain that fell since 8am.
May 2023Heavy RainMonument-There was 3.18 inches of rain that fell.
May 2023Heavy RainMonument-There was 3.12 inches of rain that fell.
May 2023Heavy RainMonument-There was 3.07 inches of rain that fell.
July 2023HailMonument-Public reported to media, then to NWS Pueblo.
June 2023HailMonument-Reported from the public via Mping.
June 2023Heavy RainMonument-There was 3.00 inches of rain reported.
June 2023HailMonument-Trained spotter reported.
June 2023HailMonument-Trained spotter reported.
June 2023Heavy RainMonument-There was 1.14 inches of rain reported.
June 2023HailMonument-Reported by the public.
June 2023Heavy RainMonument-There was 1.98 inches of rain that fell within two hours.
June 2023HailMonument-Reported by the public.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindMonument-At Lewis-Palmer high school.
July 2021Flash FloodMonument-Streets were flooded, and vehicles were stranded.
August 2021Heavy RainMonument-Heavy rainfall of 2.33 inches.
August 2021Heavy RainMonument-Heavy rainfall of 2.81 inches.
August 2021Heavy RainMonument-Heavy rainfall of 2.29 inches.
July 2021Heavy RainMonument-Heavy rainfall of 1.80 inches.
August 2021Heavy RainMonument-Heavy rainfall of 2.27 inches.
August 2021Heavy RainMonument-Heavy rainfall of 2.25 inches.
June 2020HailMonument-Large hail, 1 inch.
June 2020HailMonument-Trained spotter report of 1 inch hail.
July 2019HailMonument-CoCoRaHS observer reported half dollar size hail.
July 2019HailMonument-Trained spotter reported half dollar size hail north of Monument.
July 2019HailMonument-Public reported ping pong ball size via social media.
July 2019HailMonument-Trained spotter reported ping pong ball size hail.
July 2019HailMonument-Quarter size hail reported with picture on social media.
July 2019HailMonument-Public posted a picture of half dollar size hail on social media.
July 2019HailMonument-Trained spotter reported half dollar size hail.
July 2019HailMonument-Quarter size hail reported.
July 2019Flash FloodMonument-At least 6 inches of water covering several roads in Monument.
September 2019HailMonument-Quarter size hail fell.
June 1999HailMonument-A massive, long-lasting hail fall produced hail depths of 1 to 2 feet, mainly in eastern sections of Monument. A final tally on damage amounts was not available as of late August.
August 1997LightningMonument-Lightning struck a home in the Woodmoor subdivision, splintering a support truss and doing some additional damage in the attic area.
May 1994HailMonument-Spotters reported thunderstorm wind gusts to 60 mph (52 knots) in North Colorado Springs. Hail up to one half inch in diameter covered Interstate 25 in Monument (18 miles north northwest of Colorado Springs) at a depth of six inches.
September 2023Heavy RainMonument-no account filed
July 2023HailMonument-no account filed
July 2023HailMonument-no account filed
July 2023Heavy RainMonument-no account filed
July 2023HailMonument-no account filed
June 2020Thunderstorm WindMonument-no account filed
June 2020Thunderstorm WindMonument-no account filed
June 2018HailMonument-no account filed
June 2018HailMonument-no account filed
June 2018HailMonument-no account filed
June 2018HailMonument-no account filed
June 2018HailMonument-no account filed
June 2018HailMonument-no account filed
June 2018HailMonument-no account filed
June 2018HailMonument-no account filed
May 2018HailMonument-no account filed
August 2018HailMonument-no account filed
July 2018HailMonument-no account filed
May 2017HailMonument-no account filed
May 2017HailMonument-no account filed

Every storm recorded in El Paso 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
Woodmoor1.5 miles28
Pine Crest2.4 miles29
Glen Park3.0 miles29
Palmer Lake3.2 miles29
Gleneagle4.1 miles28
La Foret10.1 miles29
Black Forest10.6 miles29
Pikeview12.5 miles32

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 MonumentAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1003709The 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 204795. 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.