La Garita, Colorado
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Center census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81132. It stands on Wilson Arroyo. The Survey maps it on the La Garita quadrangle.
On record in La Garita
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Capilla de San Juan Bautistalisted 1980
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1915 USGS Del Norte quadrangle1:125000
- 1917 USGS Del Norte quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1945 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS La Garita quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Del Norte quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
12 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of La Garita between 1993 and 2013, burning about 6 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Saguache County | not named |
| 12 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Saguache County | not named |
| 31 August 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | San Luis Valley Field Office | PENITENTE |
| 22 July 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Rio Grande National Forest | SIDEWINDER |
| 1 July 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Saguache County | not named |
| 9 June 1996 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Rio Grande National Forest | SPEARMAN |
| 28 April 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Saguache County | not named |
| 18 April 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Saguache County | not named |
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of La Garita: 3 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crystal Hill Mine | Gold | Plant | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold | Occurrence | 1910 | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel |
Storms near this place
3 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names La Garita in 3 storm reports between 1998 and 2009: 3 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2009 | Hail | La Garita | - | no account filed |
| September 1998 | Hail | La Garita | - | no account filed |
| September 1998 | Hail | La Garita | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Center | 9.5 miles | 17 | |
| Saguache | 17.9 miles | 11 | |
| Moffat | 20.9 miles | 10 | |
| Spook City | 27.0 miles | 12 | |
| Bonita | 27.1 miles | 12 | |
| Mirage (historical) | 27.1 miles | 12 | |
| Parkville | 27.8 miles | 12 | |
| Mineral Hot Springs | 28.3 miles | 13 |
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 La Garita | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q25199056 | 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 190257. 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.









