BlockBefore

Wellington, Colorado

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Timnath-Wellington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80549. The Survey maps it on the Wellington quadrangle. 11,047 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,200 feet above sea level.

Wellington within Larimer County

On record in Wellington

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 3 records

Population over time

2 figures

Wellington grew from 6,289 to 11,047 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
20106,289
202011,047+4,758 (+76%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 29 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

104 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 104 fires within 5 miles of Wellington between 2003 and 2020, burning about 140 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined80
Equipment and vehicle use6
Debris and open burning5
Natural3
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony3
Arson/incendiarism2
Fireworks1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
7 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined16 acresWellington Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
3 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePoudre Fire AuthorityUNKNOWN
26 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersWELLINGTON
26 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
23 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
23 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
19 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
15 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Larimer County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Wellington: 4 occurrences, 1 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
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSedimentary
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel

Every working recorded in Larimer County

Storms near this place

53 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wellington in 53 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 44 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 1 flash flood. The reports record 9 injuries. 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 2013LightningWellington9 hurtLightning injured nine migrant workers.
July 1994HailWellington$500,000Hail up to baseball-size caused considerable damage to buildings and vehicles, as well as crops, over portions of Larimer County.
July 1994HailWellington$500,000Hail up to baseball-size caused considerable damage to buildings and vehicles, as well as crops, over portions of Larimer County.
July 1994HailWellington$500,000no account filed
July 1994HailWellington$50,000no account filed
June 2025HailWellington-Report from mping.
July 2022HailWellington-Windows were smashed by large hail.
July 2022HailWellington-Hail damaged a window.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindWellington-Two outbuildings were destroyed by microburst winds.
July 2011HailWellington-Very strong winds to 50 mph were also observed.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindWellington-Strong winds damaged a loafing shed.
September 1998Flash FloodWellington-Strong thunderstorms produced 4.5 inches of rainfall in the span of 2 hours. Box Elder Creek reportedly jumped its banks and flooded a nearby road.
July 1994Tornado (F0)Wellington-Spotters reported two brief tornado touchdowns north and west of Wellington (nine miles northeast of Fort Collins). The tornadoes touched down in open fields, with no damage or injuries reported.
July 1994Tornado (F0)Wellington-Spotters reported two brief tornado touchdowns north and west of Wellington (nine miles northeast of Fort Collins). The tornadoes touched down in open fields, with no damage or injuries reported.
August 1993Tornado (F0)Wellington-County sheriff reported a short-lived tornado touch down in an open field north of Wellington (9 miles northeast of Fort Collins). Lightning struck a transformer in Loveland, causing a brief power outage.
June 2025HailWellington-no account filed
June 2025HailWellington-no account filed
July 2023HailWellington-no account filed
July 2022HailWellington-no account filed
July 2022HailWellington-no account filed
July 2022HailWellington-no account filed
July 2022HailWellington-no account filed
July 2022HailWellington-no account filed
July 2022HailWellington-no account filed
July 2021HailWellington-no account filed
July 2021HailWellington-no account filed
June 2018HailWellington-no account filed
July 2018HailWellington-no account filed
July 2018HailWellington-no account filed
August 2016HailWellington-no account filed
June 2015HailWellington-no account filed
August 2013HailWellington-no account filed
August 2013HailWellington-no account filed
August 2013HailWellington-no account filed
June 2011HailWellington-no account filed
June 2009HailWellington-no account filed
June 2009HailWellington-no account filed
July 2008HailWellington-no account filed
May 2008HailWellington-no account filed
August 2008HailWellington-no account filed
August 2007HailWellington-no account filed
August 2007HailWellington-no account filed
June 2006HailWellington-no account filed
April 2005HailWellington-no account filed
July 2003HailWellington-no account filed
June 2003HailWellington-no account filed
June 2003HailWellington-no account filed
August 2002HailWellington-no account filed
August 1999Thunderstorm WindWellington-no account filed
June 1997HailWellington-no account filed
June 1997HailWellington-no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindWellington-no account filed
July 1996HailWellington-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Larimer 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
Meyers Corner2.5 miles29
Waverly4.2 miles29
Kenyon Corner5.6 miles29
Giddings5.7 miles29
Bulger6.3 miles15
Black Hollow Junction7.5 miles29
Sinnard8.0 miles29
Andersonville8.0 miles29

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 WellingtonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1003815The 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 202441. 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.