Sheridan, Colorado
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Southwest Arapahoe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80110. It stands on Big Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fort Logan quadrangle. 6,105 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,325 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresSheridan grew from 5,664 to 6,105 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 | 5,664 | |
| 2020 | 6,105 | +441 (+8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 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.
- 1899 USGS West Denver quadrangle1:125000
- 1941 USGS Fort Logan quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Fort Logan quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Fort Logan quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Fort Logan quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1983 USGS Denver West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
926 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 926 fires within 5 miles of Sheridan between 2008 and 2020, burning about 5,337 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 30 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 | 768 |
| Smoking | 38 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 30 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 27 |
| Natural | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 15 |
| Fireworks | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Other causes | 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 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | West Metro Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 9 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | West Metro Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 7 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Denver Fire Department | N/A |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Denver Fire Department | N/A |
| 6 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | West Metro Fire Rescue | N/A |
| 5 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Denver Fire Department | N/A |
| 5 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | N/A |
| 5 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 33 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 33 workings within 5 miles of Sheridan: 14 producers, 8 occurrences, 7 unknowns, 4 past producers. 14 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Sulfur, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allied Chemical Corp | Sulfur | Producer | ||
| Mexican Diggings | Gold | Past Producer | 1858 | |
| Lakewood Plant | Clay | Producer | ||
| Robinson Brick & Tile Co., Plant 1 | Clay | Producer | ||
| Central Construction Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Clarke Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Englewood Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Flanagan,Walt & Co.Inc. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
7 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sheridan in 7 storm reports between 2001 and 2012: 6 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2012 | Hail | Sheridan | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheridan | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Sheridan | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Sheridan | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Sheridan | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Sheridan | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Sheridan | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bow Mar | 1.8 miles | 20 | |
| Hillside Manor | 2.0 miles | 21 | |
| Englewood | 2.0 miles | 27 | |
| Littleton | 2.4 miles | 21 | |
| Columbine Lakes | 3.1 miles | 21 | |
| Columbine Valley | 3.2 miles | 21 | |
| Coventry | 3.2 miles | 21 | |
| Cherry Hills Village | 3.5 miles | 27 |
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 Sheridan | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2276170 | 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 204714. 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.









