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.
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
John Herbert Nunns Houselisted 2013
Population over time
2 figuresSilt 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,930 | |
| 2020 | 3,536 | +606 (+21%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1906 USGS Grand Hogback quadrangle1:125000
- 1910 USGS Grand Hogback quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Silt quadrangle1:24000, 7 printings
- 1964 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Glenwood Springs quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
193 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 102 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 70 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | GFX ASSIST 20 |
| 7 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | GARFIELD C |
| 6 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | SLAUGHTER |
| 5 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado River Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 4 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Northwest District, Grand Junction | GFX ASSIST 429 |
| 27 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | MINEOTA |
| 23 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | SILT |
| 2 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | GFX ASSIST 475 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rifle Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
18 since 1997Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1997 | Flash Flood | Silt | 1 killed, $150,000 | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Flood | Silt | $5,000 | The 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 2016 | Flash Flood | Silt | $100 | A small segment of Highway 325 in Rifle Falls State Park was washed out by a flash flood caused by heavy rainfall. |
| September 2019 | Hail | Silt | - | A severe thunderstorm produced large hail the size of quarters east of Silt. |
| October 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Silt | - | A trained weather spotter's anemometer recorded a peak wind gust of 61 MPH. |
| October 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Silt | - | An automated weather station 1 mile west-southwest of Silt recorded a peak wind gust of 67 MPH. |
| August 2017 | Debris Flow | Silt | - | 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 2016 | Flash Flood | Silt | - | 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 2013 | Flash Flood | Silt | - | 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 2010 | Hail | Silt | - | Hail up to 1.0 inch in diameter was reported 1 mile east of Silt. |
| September 2007 | Heavy Rain | Silt | - | About a foot of water was standing on Highway 6 just east of Silt. |
| September 2007 | Heavy Rain | Silt | - | One inch of rain fell in 15 minutes. |
| July 2007 | Hail | Silt | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Heavy Rain | Silt | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Heavy Rain | Silt | - | no account filed |
| September 2002 | Flood | Silt | - | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Wildfire | Silt | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Wildfire | Silt | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antlers | 3.8 miles | 20 | |
| New Castle | 6.6 miles | 20 | |
| Rifle | 6.8 miles | 20 | |
| Chacra | 11.3 miles | 20 | |
| Anvil Points | 14.3 miles | 23 | |
| Rulison | 15.5 miles | 13 | |
| Funston | 16.3 miles | 22 | |
| Glenwood Springs | 17.6 miles | 22 |
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 Silt | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2074578 | 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 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.








