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Wolcott, Colorado

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Eagle-Gypsum census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81655. It stands on Alkali Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wolcott quadrangle. 20 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,988 feet above sea level.

Wolcott within Eagle County

Population over time

2 figures

Wolcott grew from 15 to 20 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
201015
202020+5 (+33%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

95 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 95 fires within 5 miles of Wolcott between 1992 and 2020, burning about 715 acres in total. 46 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
Natural46
Missing data/not specified/undetermined30
Recreation and ceremony14
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism1
Debris and open burning1
Firearms and explosives use1

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
4 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGreater Eagle Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
4 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand Junction154 COMMAND
4 September 1992Arson/incendiarism7.5 acresEagle Countynot named
30 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionROCKY MTN
27 September 2005Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionLANDFILL
25 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined121 acresEagle County4 EAGLE
23 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersWOLCOTT
20 September 2010Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionSKEET

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Eagle County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Wolcott: 1 producer, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Uranium, 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 PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lucky Strike #1UraniumPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSand and Gravel

Every working recorded in Eagle County

Storms near this place

12 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wolcott in 12 storm reports between 2000 and 2024: 4 heavy rain, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 hail. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2007Flash FloodWolcott$1,000Heavy rain producing thunderstorms caused water and debris to flow down a canyon north of Interstate 70 and onto the interstate near mile marker 154. The flow was about 40 feet wide and 2 feet deep across the westbound lanes of the interstate. The flow contained a considerable amount of rocks, mud, and other debris that was deposited onto the road. The westbound lanes were closed for about 1 hour.
August 2024Debris FlowWolcott-Colorado Department of Transportation reported a mudslide on Interstate 70 at mile marker 159, between the towns of Wolcott and Edwards, necessitating a brief closure to clear the road.
August 2023FloodWolcott-Some standing water accumulated on a portion of I-70 as a result of heavy rain from thunderstorms. Radar estimated over an inch of rain fell in 40 minutes.
July 2014Flash FloodWolcott-Interstate 70 was closed in both directions due to debris that was deposited on the roadway from flash flood waters.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindWolcott-Wind gusts to 61 mph were reported near Wolcott with very heavy rainfall runoff occurring along with pea sized hail.
July 2010Heavy RainWolcott-Heavy rain from thunderstorms caused a mudslide along I-70 just west of Wolcott. One westbound lane of the interstate were closed for an hour and a half.
July 2007Heavy RainWolcott-Heavy rain caused some field flooding along Alkali Creek and also washed some gravel onto Highway 131.
July 2004Heavy RainWolcott-no account filed
July 2004Funnel CloudWolcott-no account filed
August 2003Heavy RainWolcott-no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindWolcott-no account filed
August 2000HailWolcott-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Eagle 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
Carterville5.3 miles14
Edwards6.0 miles16
Arrowhead Village7.6 miles16
Eagle8.6 miles12
Bachelor Gulch Village9.1 miles13
Avon9.6 miles16
State Bridge10.8 miles12
Beaver Creek Village11.0 miles13

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 WolcottAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q8029719The 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 204665. 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.