The Pinery, Colorado
30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Parker census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80134. The Survey maps it on the Ponderosa Park quadrangle. 11,311 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,247 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresThe Pinery grew from 10,517 to 11,311 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 | 10,517 | |
| 2020 | 11,311 | +794 (+8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 30 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
- 1939 USGS Elizabeth quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1945 USGS Elizabeth 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
- 1966 USGS Ponderosa Park quadrangle1:24000, 7 printings
- 1983 USGS Castle Rock quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
226 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 226 fires within 5 miles of The Pinery between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,939 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 6 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 | 152 |
| Natural | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Other causes | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Metro Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 8 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Metro Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 8 September 1994 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Douglas County | not named |
| 4 September 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | South Metro Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 4 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Douglas County | not named |
| 3 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Metro Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 29 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Metro Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 29 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Metro Fire Rescue | 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 The Pinery: 4 unknowns, 4 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Manganese, Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Gold Occurrence | Silver, Gold | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Claypit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Claypit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Franktown | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Leonard Mine | Manganese | Occurrence | Psilomelane | |
| Leonard Mine | Manganese | Unknown | 1952 | |
| Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown |
Storms near this place
17 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names The Pinery in 17 storm reports between 2014 and 2025: 15 hail, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2025 | Hail | The Pinery | - | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Hail | The Pinery | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | The Pinery | - | no account filed |
| May 2021 | Hail | The Pinery | - | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Hail | The Pinery | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | The Pinery | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | The Pinery | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | The Pinery | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | The Pinery | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | The Pinery | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | The Pinery | - | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Hail | The Pinery | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | The Pinery | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | The Pinery | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | The Pinery | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | The Pinery | - | no account filed |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | The Pinery | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hidden Vilage | 1.5 miles | 30 | |
| Crestview | 2.4 miles | 30 | |
| Bayou Hills | 2.6 miles | 30 | |
| Richlawn Hills | 2.7 miles | 28 | |
| Hilltop | 2.8 miles | 30 | |
| Windy Hills | 3.2 miles | 30 | |
| Burning Tree Ranch | 4.0 miles | 30 | |
| Cherry Creek Highlands | 4.2 miles | 24 |
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 The Pinery | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q534029 | 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 1867091. 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.









