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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS Limon quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Limon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Limon quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Anton quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Last Chance quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
7 since 2011Regional 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/undetermined | 7 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Southwest Washington County Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 11 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southwest Washington County Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 31 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southwest Washington County Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 6 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southwest Washington County Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 21 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southwest Washington County Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 10 March 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | COPE |
| 18 December 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Southwest Washington County Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
57 since 1996Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anton | $200,000 | Damaging 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 2024 | Hail | Anton | - | Public report from mping. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anton | - | Picture on X (Twitter) from storm chaser showing snapped Power Poles near Anton. Straight line winds were estimated around 100 mph. |
| June 2023 | Tornado (EFU) | Anton | - | A tornado touched down in open country. No damage was observed. |
| June 2023 | Tornado (EFU) | Anton | - | A tornado touched down in open country. No damage was observed. |
| July 2020 | Tornado (EF0) | Anton | - | A weak tornado touched down briefly in open country. No damage was observed. |
| August 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | Anton | - | A tornado briefly touched down in open country. |
| August 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | Anton | - | A tornado briefly touched down in open country. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anton | - | The storm also produced dime size hail. |
| May 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Anton | - | A tornado touched down and damaged some power lines and agricultural fencing. |
| May 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Anton | - | A tornado touched down but did no damage. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anton | - | Intense thunderstorm winds knocked a semi-trailer on its side. |
| August 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Anton | - | A small tornado touched down but did no damage. |
| July 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Anton | - | A small tornado touched down briefly but did no damage. |
| June 1999 | Hail | Anton | - | 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 2018 | Hail | Anton | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Anton | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Anton | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Anton | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Anton | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Anton | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Anton | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Anton | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Anton | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Anton | - | no account filed |
| September 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anton | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Anton | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Anton | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Anton | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Anton | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Anton | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Anton | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Anton | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anton | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Anton | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Anton | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Anton | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Anton | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Anton | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Anton | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Anton | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Anton | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Anton | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anton | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Anton | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Anton | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Anton | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Anton | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Anton | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Hail | Anton | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Anton | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Anton | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Anton | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anton | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anton | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anton | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anton | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arickaree | 8.5 miles | 8 | |
| Thurman | 10.0 miles | 8 | |
| Lindon | 10.4 miles | 8 | |
| Wiladel | 11.0 miles | 8 | |
| Elba | 14.3 miles | 8 | |
| De Nova (historical) | 15.2 miles | 8 | |
| Last Chance | 19.8 miles | 8 | |
| Cope | 20.1 miles | 8 |
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 Anton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4775627 | 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 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.




