Sedalia, Colorado
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Sedalia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80135. It stands on Jarre Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sedalia quadrangle. 177 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,840 feet above sea level.
On record in Sedalia
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 7 records
Cherokee Ranchlisted 1994
Church of St. Philip-in-the-Field and Bear Canon Cemeterylisted 1973
Daniels Parklisted 1995
Devils Head Lookoutlisted 2003
Indian Park Schoollisted 1978
John Kinner Houselisted 1974
Santa Fe Railway Water Tanklisted 2003
Population over time
2 figuresSedalia fell from 206 to 177 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 | 206 | |
| 2020 | 177 | -29 (-14%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 26 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.
- 1894 USGS Castle Rock quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1913 USGS Castle Rock quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1940 USGS Castle Rock quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1945 USGS Castle Rock quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Sedalia quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1983 USGS Castle Rock quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
198 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 198 fires within 5 miles of Sedalia between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,372 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 9 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 | 133 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Fireworks | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Castle Rock Fire & Rescue Department | N/A |
| 5 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 4 September 2017 | Smoking | under an acre | Castle Rock Fire & Rescue Department | UNKNOWN |
| 27 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Metro Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 2 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.5 acres | West Douglas County Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 2 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mountain Communities Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 17 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Metro Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 17 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | West Douglas County Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Sedalia: 7 producers, 2 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 unknown. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Uranium, REE. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louviers Plant | REE | Producer | ||
| Molycorp Inc Louviers Plant | REE | Producer | ||
| Penley No. 1 Lease | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Penley No.1 Lease | Uranium | Occurrence | Carnotite | |
| Ute Mine | Clay | Producer | ||
| Wildcat | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Adams Aggregates Inc | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Producer | ||
| Sedalia | Stone | Producer |
Storms near this place
21 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sedalia in 21 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 14 hail, 4 lightning, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 death 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2017 | Lightning | Sedalia | 1 killed, 1 hurt, $5,000 | A woman and her horse were killed after they were struck by lightning. A 15-year-old girl also sustained serious injuries and was treated for electrocution. |
| August 2000 | Lightning | Sedalia | $2,000,000 | Lightning sparked a blaze which gutted a 10-unit apartment building in Highlands Ranch. Twenty-eight people were left homeless. |
| May 2009 | Lightning | Sedalia | $200,000 | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Flash Flood | Sedalia | - | Heavy rain allowed Plum Creek to exceed flood stage by nearly a foot at Sedalia which resulted in lowland flooding. |
| June 2003 | Lightning | Sedalia | - | Lightning blew a hole in the roof of a home in Highlands Ranch. The bolt knocked several holes in the bedroom ceilings and damaged the home's electrical system. |
| June 1994 | Hail | Sedalia | - | Hail up to dime-size covered Interstate 25 south of Sedalia (22 miles south of Denver). Heavy rain caused local flooding on the Interstate. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Sedalia | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Sedalia | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sedalia | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sedalia | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Sedalia | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Sedalia | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Sedalia | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Sedalia | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Sedalia | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Sedalia | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Sedalia | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Sedalia | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Sedalia | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Sedalia | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Sedalia | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orsa | 2.6 miles | 26 | |
| Kellytown | 3.6 miles | 26 | |
| Castle Pines Village | 3.6 miles | 26 | |
| Castle Pines | 3.7 miles | 26 | |
| Louviers | 3.8 miles | 33 | |
| Castle Pines North | 4.2 miles | 26 | |
| Happy Canyon | 4.7 miles | 28 | |
| Beverly Hills | 5.1 miles | 26 |
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 Sedalia | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1995206 | 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 204740. 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.









