Saguache, Colorado
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Saguache census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81149. It lies near Flagpole Hill. The Survey maps it on the Saguache quadrangle. 539 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 7,707 feet above sea level.
On record in Saguache
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 2 records
Saguache School and Jail Buildingslisted 1975- Saguache Downtown Historic Districtlisted 2014
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1956 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Saguache quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1968 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Saguache quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Saguache between 1995 and 2020, burning under an acre in total. 1 started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Royal Gorge Field Office | CANON |
| 21 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Saguache County | CO RD 48X |
| 11 March 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Saguache County | not named |
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Saguache: 9 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Pumice. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Pumice | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
13 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Saguache in 13 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 9 hail, 3 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1999 | Flash Flood | Saguache | $65,000 | Heavy rainfall flooded Saguache Creek and its tributaries both north and south of highway 114. County roads and a few bridges were washed out. Property adjacent to the creeks was inundated, washing out driveways to ranch houses and destroying some hay fields. |
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Saguache | - | Colorado DOT reports CO 114 closed due to flash flooding from CR 36 to FS road 840. |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Saguache | - | Flash flooding occurred at Highway 114 and County Road 38EE. |
| August 2012 | Hail | Saguache | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Saguache | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Saguache | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Saguache | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Saguache | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Saguache | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Saguache | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Saguache | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Saguache | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Saguache | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parkville | 9.9 miles | 12 | |
| Spook City | 10.3 miles | 12 | |
| Bonita | 10.7 miles | 12 | |
| Mineral Hot Springs | 12.8 miles | 13 | |
| Sedgewick (historical) | 13.2 miles | 17 | |
| Kerper City | 13.5 miles | 17 | |
| Moffat | 13.7 miles | 10 | |
| Bonanza | 14.3 miles | 17 |
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 Saguache | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q615391 | 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 190217. 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.





