Nederland, Colorado
29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Bald Mountain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80466. It stands on North Beaver Creek. The Survey maps it on the Nederland quadrangle. 1,471 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 8,228 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresNederland grew from 1,445 to 1,471 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 | 1,445 | |
| 2020 | 1,471 | +26 (+2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 29 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.
- 1905 USGS Central City quadrangle1:62500
- 1910 USGS Central City quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1912 USGS Central City quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1942 USGS Nederland quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1944 USGS Nederland quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Nederland quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Denver West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
259 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 259 fires within 5 miles of Nederland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,183 acres in total. 16 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 | 144 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 67 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nederland Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 8 September 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | SITE 11 FIRE |
| 8 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nederland Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 8 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nederland Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 8 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nederland Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 8 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 7 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | 925A |
| 7 September 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | 355C |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 289 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 289 workings within 5 miles of Nederland: 173 past producers, 78 occurrences, 32 producers, 3 unknowns. 33 still produce. What was taken out: Tungsten, Gold, Gold, Silver, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belcher | Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | Galena, Sphalerite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite | |
| Big Moon | Gold, Silver, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Blue Bird Mine | Copper, Gold, Zinc, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | Underground | |
| Blue Vein, Winnebago, Campania, Deadwood | Gold, Tungsten | Occurrence | Gold | |
| Boulder Co. Mine | Silver, Gold, Tungsten, Lead | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Boulder County Tunnel | Copper, Gold, Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | 1870 | |
| Caribou Hill iron deposit | Iron, Titanium, Vanadium | Occurrence | Ilmenite, Magnetite, Titaniferous Magnetitite | |
| Caribou Mine | Gold, Lead, Silver, Uranium, Copper, Zinc, Vanadium | Past Producer | 1869 | |
| Caribou Mine (based on DMEA uranium report) | Zinc, Gold, Lead, Silver, Uranium | Past Producer | 1869 | |
| Champion, Lone Star | Gold, Silver, Copper | Occurrence | Vein |
Storms near this place
8 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nederland in 8 storm reports between 1997 and 2021: 3 lightning, 3 hail, 2 flash flood. The reports record 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1997 | Lightning | Nederland | 1 hurt | A woman was struck by lightning as she was walking to her car. The bolt apparently struck a nearby power line then arced into her left hand. She received minor injuries. |
| July 2012 | Flash Flood | Nederland | $25,000 | Heavy rain caused rock and mudslides in central Boulder County. |
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | Nederland | $20,000 | Heavy rain washed out a section of County Roads 126 and 128 near Caribou. Several large boulders were reported across the road. Considerable flooding was observed in Nederland with some overflows into streets. Water was reportedly running across County Road 130 between Eldora and Nederland. Torrential hail, piled up to 8 inches deep, occurred near Eldora. Several cars were stuck in the ice and the roads had to be closed temporarily until snowplows could clear the roadways. |
| July 2010 | Lightning | Nederland | $5,000 | Lightning strikes caused minor damage to two businesses. |
| August 1998 | Lightning | Nederland | - | Lightning struck a hydroplant in Nederland causing a power outage. Residents in Nederland, Ward, Eldora, Jamestown and portions Gold Hill were without power for approximately an hour. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Nederland | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Nederland | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Nederland | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whispering Pine | 1.4 miles | 25 | |
| Bonanza Mountain Estates | 1.9 miles | 25 | |
| Caribou City | 2.0 miles | 29 | |
| Tungsten (historical) | 2.0 miles | 25 | |
| Cardinal (historical) | 2.0 miles | 29 | |
| Eldora | 2.9 miles | 29 | |
| Saint Ann Highlands | 3.4 miles | 25 | |
| Caribou (historical) | 3.8 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 Nederland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1010528 | 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 204702. 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.










