Cahone, Colorado
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Dove Creek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81320. The Survey maps it on the Cahone quadrangle. It stands 6,680 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 11 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.
- 1956 USGS Cortez quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Cortez quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Cortez quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Cortez quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Cahone quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Cortez quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Dove Creek quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Cahone quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
49 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Cahone between 1994 and 2020, burning about 7,877 acres in total. 45 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 45 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Tres Rios Field Office | OUTCROP |
| 7 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Tres Rios Field Office | HITCH |
| 17 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Tres Rios Field Office | MID SLOPE |
| 16 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 80 acres | Southwest District, Montrose | ALKILI |
| 7 August 2009 | Natural | 7,300 acres | San Juan National Forest | NARRAGUINNEP |
| 5 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Tres Rios Field Office | ISLAND |
| 3 August 2004 | Natural | 50 acres | Mesa Verde National Park | CROSS CANY |
| 18 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | San Juan National Forest | ROCK PILE |
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Cahone: 4 producers, 1 occurrence. 4 still produce. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
7 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cahone in 7 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 2 funnel cloud, 1 wildfire, 1 heavy rain, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2023 | Flood | Cahone | $2,500 | Increased snowmelt along the Dolores River led to the inundation of the campground and parking lot along the boat launch at the Bradfield Recreation Site outside Cahone. Some vehicles were stuck in the mud as a result. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Cahone | - | A severe thunderstorm tracked southeast from 11 miles southwest of Dove Creek from eastern San Juan County, Utah through west-central Dolores County and into northwestern Montezuma County in Colorado. This storm produced hail up to 1.5 inches in diameter, which fell over southwest Dolores county along the county roads southwest of Dove Creek. The photo was taken of the golf ball size hail after the hail fell. Radar was used for the approximate start and end times. |
| August 2022 | Funnel Cloud | Cahone | - | A funnel cloud was spotted roughly in the vicinity of Lone Mesa in a remote area of Lone Mesa State Park. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cahone | - | A resident west-northwest of Cahone estimated a peak wind gust of 60 mph. |
| August 2015 | Funnel Cloud | Cahone | - | A primary funnel cloud with two smaller vortices spinning around it was observed by a farmer near Cahone. |
| July 2013 | Heavy Rain | Cahone | - | Exactly an inch of rain fell at the Salter RAWS site within one hour. |
| July 2000 | Wildfire | Cahone | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dove Creek | 9.0 miles | 12 | |
| Northdale | 15.2 miles | 21 | |
| Dunton | 38.6 miles | 15 | |
| Rico | 41.3 miles | 19 |
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 Cahone | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5017451 | 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 176613. 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.







