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Anton, Colorado

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Cope census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80801. The Survey maps it on the Anton quadrangle. It stands 4,869 feet above sea level.

Anton within Washington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

7 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Anton between 2011 and 2018, burning about 27 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7

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
14 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresSouthwest Washington County Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
11 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwest Washington County Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
31 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwest Washington County Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
6 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwest Washington County Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
21 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwest Washington County Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
10 March 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersCOPE
18 December 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSouthwest Washington County Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

57 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Anton in 57 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 37 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 9 tornado. 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
September 1998Thunderstorm WindAnton$200,000Damaging thunderstorm winds toppled the leg of a grain elevator in Anton. Some trees in the immediate area were also split. The peak wind gust was estimated.
May 2024HailAnton-Public report from mping.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindAnton-Picture on X (Twitter) from storm chaser showing snapped Power Poles near Anton. Straight line winds were estimated around 100 mph.
June 2023Tornado (EFU)Anton-A tornado touched down in open country. No damage was observed.
June 2023Tornado (EFU)Anton-A tornado touched down in open country. No damage was observed.
July 2020Tornado (EF0)Anton-A weak tornado touched down briefly in open country. No damage was observed.
August 2017Tornado (EF0)Anton-A tornado briefly touched down in open country.
August 2017Tornado (EF0)Anton-A tornado briefly touched down in open country.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindAnton-The storm also produced dime size hail.
May 2011Tornado (EF0)Anton-A tornado touched down and damaged some power lines and agricultural fencing.
May 2011Tornado (EF0)Anton-A tornado touched down but did no damage.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindAnton-Intense thunderstorm winds knocked a semi-trailer on its side.
August 2001Tornado (F0)Anton-A small tornado touched down but did no damage.
July 2000Tornado (F0)Anton-A small tornado touched down briefly but did no damage.
June 1999HailAnton-Strong winds and large hail flattened crops, causing substantial damage. The areal extent of the damage occurred along a 5 mile stretch along U.S. Highway 36 and extended north and south of the highway for 2 miles. In addition to the crop damage, some windows were blown out near Lindon.
May 2018HailAnton-no account filed
June 2013HailAnton-no account filed
June 2011HailAnton-no account filed
May 2011HailAnton-no account filed
May 2011HailAnton-no account filed
May 2011HailAnton-no account filed
May 2011HailAnton-no account filed
July 2011HailAnton-no account filed
June 2011HailAnton-no account filed
June 2010HailAnton-no account filed
September 2009Thunderstorm WindAnton-no account filed
June 2008HailAnton-no account filed
May 2007HailAnton-no account filed
July 2007HailAnton-no account filed
July 2007HailAnton-no account filed
June 2006HailAnton-no account filed
June 2006HailAnton-no account filed
June 2006HailAnton-no account filed
July 2004Thunderstorm WindAnton-no account filed
April 2003HailAnton-no account filed
August 2002HailAnton-no account filed
August 2002HailAnton-no account filed
July 2000HailAnton-no account filed
July 2000HailAnton-no account filed
July 2000HailAnton-no account filed
July 2000HailAnton-no account filed
July 2000HailAnton-no account filed
July 2000HailAnton-no account filed
August 2000Thunderstorm WindAnton-no account filed
May 1999HailAnton-no account filed
May 1999HailAnton-no account filed
June 1999HailAnton-no account filed
May 1998HailAnton-no account filed
May 1998HailAnton-no account filed
August 1998HailAnton-no account filed
June 1998HailAnton-no account filed
July 1996HailAnton-no account filed
July 1996HailAnton-no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindAnton-no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindAnton-no account filed
September 1996Thunderstorm WindAnton-no account filed
August 1996Thunderstorm WindAnton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
Arickaree8.5 miles8
Thurman10.0 miles8
Lindon10.4 miles8
Wiladel11.0 miles8
Elba14.3 miles8
De Nova (historical)15.2 miles8
Last Chance19.8 miles8
Cope20.1 miles8

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 AntonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4775627The 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 195021. 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.

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.