Town of Silver Plume, Colorado | |
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Coordinates: 39°41′45″N105°43′35″W / 39.69583°N 105.72639°W | |
Country | United States |
State | State of Colorado |
County [1] | Clear Creek County |
Incorporated | September 24, 1880 [2] |
Government | |
• Type | Statutory Town [1] |
Area | |
• Total | 0.68 km2 (0.26 sq mi) |
• Land | 0.67 km2 (0.26 sq mi) |
• Water | 0.01 km2 (0.00 sq mi) |
Elevation | 2,779 m (9,118 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 207 |
• Density | 300/km2 (800/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-7 (MST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
ZIP code [6] | 80476 |
Area code(s) | Both 303 and 720 |
FIPS code | 08-70360 |
GNIS feature ID | 2413287 [4] |
Website | silverplumetown |
Silver Plume is a Statutory Town located in Clear Creek County, Colorado, United States. Silver Plume is a former silver mining camp along Clear Creek in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. The federally designated Georgetown-Silver Plume Historic District comprises Silver Plume, the neighboring town of Georgetown, and the Georgetown Loop Historic Mining & Railroad Park between the two towns.
The town population was 207 at the 2020 census. [5] The Silver Plume Post Office has the ZIP code 80476. [6]
Silver Plume is located in the valley of Clear Creek. Interstate 70 and U.S. Route 6 pass through the town, with access from Exit 226. It is 20 miles (32 km) west across the Continental Divide to Silverthorne and 46 miles (74 km) east to Denver.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town of Silver Plume has a total area of 0.2 square miles (0.6 km2), all of it land.
According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Silver Plume has a subarctic climate, abbreviated "Dfc" on climate maps.
Climate data for Cabin Creek, Colorado, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1968–present | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °F (°C) | 56 (13) | 55 (13) | 65 (18) | 64 (18) | 75 (24) | 81 (27) | 85 (29) | 78 (26) | 78 (26) | 76 (24) | 63 (17) | 57 (14) | 85 (29) |
Mean maximum °F (°C) | 48.4 (9.1) | 47.0 (8.3) | 53.1 (11.7) | 58.0 (14.4) | 66.9 (19.4) | 75.4 (24.1) | 77.0 (25.0) | 74.6 (23.7) | 71.9 (22.2) | 65.6 (18.7) | 54.6 (12.6) | 48.1 (8.9) | 77.7 (25.4) |
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 31.8 (−0.1) | 31.5 (−0.3) | 37.9 (3.3) | 42.8 (6.0) | 52.6 (11.4) | 64.2 (17.9) | 69.3 (20.7) | 67.1 (19.5) | 61.2 (16.2) | 49.8 (9.9) | 39.2 (4.0) | 31.9 (−0.1) | 48.3 (9.0) |
Daily mean °F (°C) | 21.9 (−5.6) | 21.5 (−5.8) | 27.4 (−2.6) | 32.8 (0.4) | 41.9 (5.5) | 52.2 (11.2) | 57.4 (14.1) | 55.6 (13.1) | 49.4 (9.7) | 39.2 (4.0) | 28.9 (−1.7) | 22.0 (−5.6) | 37.5 (3.1) |
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 12.0 (−11.1) | 11.5 (−11.4) | 16.9 (−8.4) | 22.8 (−5.1) | 31.3 (−0.4) | 40.1 (4.5) | 45.5 (7.5) | 44.0 (6.7) | 37.6 (3.1) | 28.5 (−1.9) | 18.6 (−7.4) | 12.2 (−11.0) | 26.8 (−2.9) |
Mean minimum °F (°C) | −8.1 (−22.3) | −8.5 (−22.5) | −2.4 (−19.1) | 4.6 (−15.2) | 16.2 (−8.8) | 28.5 (−1.9) | 37.2 (2.9) | 35.8 (2.1) | 24.3 (−4.3) | 8.4 (−13.1) | −2.7 (−19.3) | −8.9 (−22.7) | −13.6 (−25.3) |
Record low °F (°C) | −28 (−33) | −28 (−33) | −20 (−29) | −14 (−26) | 2 (−17) | 18 (−8) | 27 (−3) | 24 (−4) | 9 (−13) | −9 (−23) | −21 (−29) | −23 (−31) | −28 (−33) |
Average precipitation inches (mm) | 0.99 (25) | 1.23 (31) | 2.04 (52) | 2.79 (71) | 2.15 (55) | 1.55 (39) | 2.77 (70) | 2.63 (67) | 1.63 (41) | 1.40 (36) | 1.31 (33) | 1.16 (29) | 21.65 (549) |
Average snowfall inches (cm) | 15.9 (40) | 19.3 (49) | 24.9 (63) | 28.4 (72) | 11.9 (30) | 0.3 (0.76) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.1 (0.25) | 2.1 (5.3) | 10.4 (26) | 20.1 (51) | 20.3 (52) | 153.7 (389.31) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 7.7 | 8.6 | 9.0 | 10.4 | 9.0 | 8.1 | 13.2 | 14.3 | 9.3 | 7.4 | 7.1 | 7.8 | 111.9 |
Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) | 7.8 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 9.6 | 3.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 4.8 | 6.6 | 7.6 | 58.9 |
Source 1: NOAA [7] | |||||||||||||
Source 2: National Weather Service [8] |
The town of Silver Plume has a very rich history. That history can be viewed by the general public either at the George Rowe Museum, which is in the original school house of the town, or by walking the 7:30 Mine Trail, which gives the individual a grand view of the Silver Plume valley and the town nestled at its base.[ citation needed ]
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1890 | 908 | — | |
1900 | 775 | −14.6% | |
1910 | 460 | −40.6% | |
1920 | 272 | −40.9% | |
1930 | 126 | −53.7% | |
1940 | 139 | 10.3% | |
1950 | 136 | −2.2% | |
1960 | 86 | −36.8% | |
1970 | 164 | 90.7% | |
1980 | 140 | −14.6% | |
1990 | 134 | −4.3% | |
2000 | 203 | 51.5% | |
2010 | 170 | −16.3% | |
2020 | 207 | 21.8% | |
U.S. Decennial Census |
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