Twin Lakes, Colorado
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the West Adams census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80221. It stands on Little Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Arvada quadrangle. 8,226 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,220 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresTwin Lakes grew from 6,101 to 8,226 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 | 6,101 | |
| 2020 | 8,226 | +2,125 (+35%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 24 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 Arvada quadrangle1:31680
- 1944 USGS Arvada quadrangle1:31680
- 1950 USGS Arvada quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Arvada quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Arvada quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1983 USGS Denver West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1,213 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,213 fires within 5 miles of Twin Lakes between 1992 and 2020, burning about 200 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 35 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 | 1056 |
| Smoking | 35 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 35 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Fireworks | 20 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
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 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | N/A |
| 9 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | ARVADA |
| 9 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | WESTMINSTER |
| 9 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | North Metro Fire Rescue District | N/A |
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | North Metro Fire Rescue District | UNKNOWN |
| 6 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | DENVER |
| 6 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | WESTMINSTER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 83 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 83 workings within 5 miles of Twin Lakes: 52 past producers, 15 unknowns, 10 occurrences, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Clay, Gold, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams North Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | 1956 | |
| Denver Brick & Pipe Co. | Clay | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Gold, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Placer | |
| Unknown | Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Cooley Gravel Co. Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold | Past Producer | 1951, 1964 | |
| Gordon Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold | Past Producer | Gold, Sand and Gravel | |
| Swadley Placers | Gold | Past Producer | 1858, 1859 | |
| Adams County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Adams County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Albert Frei & Sons Sand and Gr Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Western Hills | 0.6 miles | 28 | |
| Skyline Vista | 0.9 miles | 24 | |
| Sherrelwood | 0.9 miles | 24 | |
| Fairview | 1.2 miles | 24 | |
| Sherrelwood Estates | 1.4 miles | 24 | |
| Hidden Lake | 1.5 miles | 24 | |
| Utah Junction | 1.7 miles | 28 | |
| Zuni | 1.7 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 Twin Lakes | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1901403 | 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 1852852. 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.










