Rock Creek Park, Colorado
34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Cheyenne Mountain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80926. The Survey maps it on the Cheyenne Mountain quadrangle. 68 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,263 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresRock Creek Park grew from 58 to 68 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 | 58 | |
| 2020 | 68 | +10 (+17%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 34 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 Cheyenne Mountain quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS Mount Big Chief quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Cheyenne Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Mount Big Chief quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Cheyenne Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 9 printings
- 1962 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Colorado Springs quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
129 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 129 fires within 5 miles of Rock Creek Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,846 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 3 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 | 88 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| 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 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Southwest Highway 115 Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 9 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | El Paso County | UNKNOWN |
| 6 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | HWY 115 |
| 6 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | COLORADO SPRINGS |
| 5 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado Springs Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 27 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 23 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Colorado Springs Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 2 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | COLORADO SPRINGS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 38 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 38 workings within 5 miles of Rock Creek Park: 17 past producers, 14 producers, 3 occurrences, 2 prospects. 14 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Bird Mine | Uranium, Beryllium, Niobium (Columbium) | Past Producer | Columbite | |
| Cheyenne District | Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Gold, Silver, Zinc, Thorium, Gemstone, REE, Niobium (Columbium), Beryllium, Titanium, Metal, Tin, Uranium | Producer | 1901, 1910, 1945 | |
| Duffields Deposit | Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Silver | Past Producer | 1901, 1910, 1945 | |
| Eureka Shaft | Fluorine-Fluorite, Gemstone, Titanium, Metal | Past Producer | Cryolite, Fluorite | |
| Eureka Tunnel | Fluorine-Fluorite, Zirconium | Past Producer | ||
| Fountain Creek Magnetite Deposit | Iron, Titanium, Metal | Past Producer | ||
| Johnny | Feldspar, Quartz | Past Producer | ||
| Johnny Feldspar Mine | Feldspar, Mica, Quartz | Past Producer | Microcline, Muscovite, Quartz | |
| Johnny Feldspar Mine | Feldspar, Mica | Producer | ||
| Mike Doyle Carnotite Deposit | Uranium, Vanadium | Past Producer | 1949 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Carson | 3.6 miles | 34 | |
| Duffield | 4.8 miles | 32 | |
| Green Settlement | 5.8 miles | 37 | |
| Stratmoor | 5.8 miles | 32 | |
| Stratmoor Hills | 6.0 miles | 32 | |
| Skinners | 6.2 miles | 32 | |
| Security | 6.4 miles | 32 | |
| Broadmoor | 6.4 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 Rock Creek Park | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5847507 | 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 193611. 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.














