Twin Lakes, Colorado
30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Leadville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81251. It lies near Dayton Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Mount Elbert quadrangle. 204 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 9,199 feet above sea level.
On record in Twin Lakes
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 2 records
Interlaken Resort Districtlisted 1974
Twin Lakes Districtlisted 1974
Population over time
2 figuresTwin Lakes grew from 171 to 204 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 | 171 | |
| 2020 | 204 | +33 (+19%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 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.
- 1889 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1935 USGS Mount Elbert quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1935 USGS Mt Elbert quadrangle1:62500
- 1938 USGS Mount Elbert quadrangle1:62500
- 1939 USGS Mount Elbert quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:125000
- 1957 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Mount Elbert quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1983 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Mount Elbert quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
61 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Twin Lakes between 1992 and 2020, burning about 52 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 37 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | not named |
| 21 September 2010 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | SOUTH ELBERT |
| 2 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | LILY POND |
| 13 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | FOREBAY |
| 12 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | LODGEPOLE 2 |
| 1 September 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | SNYDER FALLS |
| 9 August 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | SOUTH ELBERT |
| 7 August 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | ARLINGTON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 34 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of Twin Lakes: 16 occurrences, 16 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Manganese, Copper, Lead, Silver, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bartlett Mines | Lead, Aluminum, Calcium | Past Producer | ||
| Smith-Bullard Mine | Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Smith-Bullard Mines, Inc. | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Manganese | Producer | Galena, Pyrite, Quartz | |
| Tom Thumb | Gold, Silver, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Zinc, Silver, Lead | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel | |
| Unknown | Lead, Zinc, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Hope Mountain | Molybdenum | Occurrence | Molybdenite, Molybdite | |
| Molybdenum Lode | Molybdenum | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Bartell Mines | Lead | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
1 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Twin Lakes in 1 storm report in 2007: 1 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2007 | Lightning | Twin Lakes | 1 hurt | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kobe | 4.8 miles | 30 | |
| Balltown | 5.4 miles | 29 | |
| Everett | 6.4 miles | 20 | |
| Mount Massive Lakes | 6.4 miles | 30 | |
| Brumley (historical) | 8.5 miles | 20 | |
| Malta | 10.3 miles | 30 | |
| Stringtown | 10.9 miles | 30 | |
| Resurrection Mill | 11.9 miles | 30 |
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 Q7858203 | 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 180384. 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.














