Moffat, Colorado
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Saguache census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81143. The Survey maps it on the Moffat South quadrangle. 108 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 7,566 feet above sea level.
On record in Moffat
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
First Baptist Church of Moffatlisted 2008
Population over time
2 figuresMoffat fell from 116 to 108 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 116 | |
| 2020 | 108 | -8 (-7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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 Trinidad quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Moffat South quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Blanca Peak quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
2 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Moffat between 1995 and 2011, burning under an acre in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | MOFFAT |
| 6 January 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Saguache County | not named |
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Moffat: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sawyer Shaft | Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Union-Carbonate Shaft | Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Mine | Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | Galena, Sphalerite |
Storms near this place
3 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Moffat in 3 storm reports between 1998 and 2013: 2 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moffat | $100,000 | Microburst thunderstorm winds caused significant roof damage to the elementary school in Moffat. |
| September 2013 | Hail | Moffat | - | no account filed |
| October 1998 | Hail | Moffat | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mirage (historical) | 7.6 miles | 12 | |
| Crestone | 11.1 miles | 15 | |
| Mineral Hot Springs | 11.8 miles | 13 | |
| Saguache | 13.7 miles | 11 | |
| Cottonwood | 14.8 miles | 15 | |
| Villa Grove | 17.4 miles | 13 | |
| Duncan | 17.9 miles | 12 | |
| Parkville | 18.7 miles | 12 |
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 Moffat | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1018297 | 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 203585. 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.






