Boncarbo, Colorado
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Weston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81024. It lies near Toisan Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Madrid quadrangle. It stands 6,883 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 21 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.
- 1891 USGS Spanish Peaks quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Spanish Peaks quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Spanish Peaks quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Spanish Peaks quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1900 USGS Spanish Peaks quadrangle1:125000
- 1951 USGS Madrid quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
37 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Boncarbo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 33 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined | 17 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Royal Gorge Field Office | LEFT FORK |
| 5 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Royal Gorge Field Office | ROAD CYN |
| 11 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Las Animas County | not named |
| 8 August 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Las Animas County | not named |
| 30 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 3 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Las Animas County | not named |
| 8 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | TRINIDAD |
| 3 July 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Las Animas County | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
18 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Boncarbo in 18 storm reports between 2004 and 2025: 17 hail, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2025 | Hail | Boncarbo | - | Hail measured to 1 inches fell in western Las Animas County. |
| August 2025 | Hail | Boncarbo | - | Hail measured to 1 inches fell in western Las Animas County. |
| July 2022 | Hail | Boncarbo | - | Trained spotter measured one inch hail just southeast of Boncarbo. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Boncarbo | - | Several county roads and private roads around Boncarbo experienced flooding and washouts. |
| August 2018 | Hail | Boncarbo | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Boncarbo | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Boncarbo | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Boncarbo | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Boncarbo | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Boncarbo | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Boncarbo | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Boncarbo | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Boncarbo | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Boncarbo | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Boncarbo | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Boncarbo | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Boncarbo | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Boncarbo | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reilly Canyon | 2.7 miles | 21 | |
| Vallorso | 5.3 miles | 21 | |
| Primero (historical) | 5.7 miles | 21 | |
| Cokedale | 6.3 miles | 24 | |
| Tijeras | 6.5 miles | 21 | |
| Valdez | 6.5 miles | 23 | |
| Sequndo | 6.8 miles | 23 | |
| Madrid (historical) | 6.8 miles | 21 |
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 Boncarbo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4941236 | 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 194660. 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.













