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Silt, Colorado

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the New Castle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81652. It stands on Dry Hollow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Silt quadrangle. 3,536 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,456 feet above sea level.

Silt within Garfield County

On record in Silt

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 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Silt grew from 2,930 to 3,536 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.

YearPeople Change
20102,930
20203,536+606 (+21%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 20 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

193 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 193 fires within 5 miles of Silt between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,071 acres in total. 102 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
Natural102
Missing data/not specified/undetermined70
Debris and open burning8
Recreation and ceremony7
Equipment and vehicle use2
Firearms and explosives use2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2000Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionGFX ASSIST 20
7 September 1993Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionGARFIELD C
6 September 2001Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionSLAUGHTER
5 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado River Fire RescueUNKNOWN
4 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNorthwest District, Grand JunctionGFX ASSIST 429
27 September 2002Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionMINEOTA
23 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersSILT
2 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionGFX ASSIST 475

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Garfield County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Silt: 1 unknown, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Rifle PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Garfield County

Storms near this place

18 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Silt in 18 storm reports between 1997 and 2019: 4 flash flood, 4 heavy rain, 3 hail, 2 wildfire. The reports record 1 death. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 1997Flash FloodSilt1 killed, $150,000no account filed
July 2019FloodSilt$5,000The northbound lane of Colorado State Highway 325 was closed for an extended period of time about 2 miles north of Rifle Gap Reservoir between Rifle Gap and Rifle Falls State Park due to a partial collapse of the roadway. The collapse was the result of excessive runoff from snow melt and the accumulation of underground water.
July 2016Flash FloodSilt$100A small segment of Highway 325 in Rifle Falls State Park was washed out by a flash flood caused by heavy rainfall.
September 2019HailSilt-A severe thunderstorm produced large hail the size of quarters east of Silt.
October 2018Thunderstorm WindSilt-A trained weather spotter's anemometer recorded a peak wind gust of 61 MPH.
October 2018Thunderstorm WindSilt-An automated weather station 1 mile west-southwest of Silt recorded a peak wind gust of 67 MPH.
August 2017Debris FlowSilt-Heavy rainfall resulted in a large quantity of mud and vegetation which flowed down a drainage and covered Highway 325 between mile markers 5.5 and 5.7. The highway was closed for about 30 minutes until road crews were able to clear the pavement.
July 2016Flash FloodSilt-Heavy rainfall over a burn scar area resulted in fast moving water and debris up to a foot deep across Highway 325. The flash flood deposited mud, rocks, and debris about a half foot deep along a 110 foot stretch of the highway. The highway was closed for over three hours due to the flash flooding and the post-flood debris removal.
July 2013Flash FloodSilt-Highway 325 was closed for a while near Rifle Gap Reservoir as 6 to 12 inches of water and mud flowed across the road.
June 2010HailSilt-Hail up to 1.0 inch in diameter was reported 1 mile east of Silt.
September 2007Heavy RainSilt-About a foot of water was standing on Highway 6 just east of Silt.
September 2007Heavy RainSilt-One inch of rain fell in 15 minutes.
July 2007HailSilt-no account filed
July 2006Heavy RainSilt-no account filed
July 2006Heavy RainSilt-no account filed
September 2002FloodSilt-no account filed
October 2001WildfireSilt-no account filed
September 2001WildfireSilt-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Garfield County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Antlers3.8 miles20
New Castle6.6 miles20
Rifle6.8 miles20
Chacra11.3 miles20
Anvil Points14.3 miles23
Rulison15.5 miles13
Funston16.3 miles22
Glenwood Springs17.6 miles22

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 SiltAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2074578The 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 204657. 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.