Sedgwick, Colorado
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Julesburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80749. The Survey maps it on the Sedgwick quadrangle. 172 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 627 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresSedgwick fell from 191 to 172 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 191 | |
| 2010 | 146 | -45 (-24%) |
| 2020 | 172 | +26 (+18%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Sedgwick quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Sterling quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Sterling quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Julesburg quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
19 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Sedgwick between 1994 and 2018, burning about 240 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Sedgwick Volunteer Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 7 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | SEDGWICK |
| 3 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Sedgwick Volunteer Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 31 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | SEDGWICK |
| 28 July 2015 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 200 acres | Sedgwick Volunteer Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 19 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Sedgwick Volunteer Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 6 June 2018 | Natural | 15 acres | Sedgwick Volunteer Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 22 June 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Sedgwick Volunteer Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 Sedgwick: 7 unknowns, 2 occurrences, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
50 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sedgwick in 50 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 32 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2022 | Tornado (EFU) | Sedgwick | - | A tornado touched down in an open field; no damage was observed. |
| June 2022 | Tornado (EFU) | Sedgwick | - | A tornado touched down in an open field; no damage was observed. |
| September 2013 | Flood | Sedgwick | - | The extent if the damage was minimal and confined to areas west of Sedgwick which included County Roads 1,3,5,7 and 41. |
| June 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Sedgwick | - | A tornado touched down briefly but did no damage. |
| July 2001 | Lightning | Sedgwick | - | Lightning ignited a fire in the basement of a home causing minor damage. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sedgwick | - | Damaging thunderstorm winds to 80 mph blew over an 8-foot by 10-foot shed. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sedgwick | - | Strong thunderstorm winds blew two semi-trucks over on I-76. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sedgwick | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Sedgwick | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Sedgwick | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Sedgwick | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Sedgwick | - | no account filed |
| August 2016 | Hail | Sedgwick | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sedgwick | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Sedgwick | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Sedgwick | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Sedgwick | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Sedgwick | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Sedgwick | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Sedgwick | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Sedgwick | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Sedgwick | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Sedgwick | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sedgwick | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sedgwick | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Sedgwick | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Sedgwick | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Sedgwick | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Sedgwick | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sedgwick | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Sedgwick | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Sedgwick | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Sedgwick | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sedgwick | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Sedgwick | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Sedgwick | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Sedgwick | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sedgwick | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sedgwick | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Sedgwick | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Sedgwick | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Sedgwick | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Sedgwick | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Sedgwick | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sedgwick | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Sedgwick | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Sedgwick | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Hail | Sedgwick | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Sedgwick | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Sedgwick | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ovid | 7.5 miles | 12 | |
| Fort Sedgwick (historical) | 7.7 miles | 12 | |
| Fort Julesburg (historical) | 8.9 miles | 10 | |
| Julesburg | 14.3 miles | 10 |
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 Sedgwick | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q598878 | 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 182694. 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.



