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Mogote, Colorado

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the West Conejos census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81120. The Survey maps it on the Antonito quadrangle.

Mogote within Conejos County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

29 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Mogote between 1993 and 2020, burning about 180 acres in total. 4 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Natural4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony3
Debris and open burning2
Arson/incendiarism1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
25 August 1997Naturalunder an acreRio Grande National ForestMAGOTE
20 August 2012Naturalunder an acreSan Luis Valley Field OfficeSAPO
5 July 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreRoyal Gorge Field OfficeRAILROAD 2
5 July 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreRio Grande National ForestRAILROAD #1
14 July 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreConejos County Officenot named
12 July 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreConejos County Officenot named
10 July 2011Equipment and vehicle use76 acresSan Luis Valley Field OfficeMOGOTE
7 June 2003Natural1.0 acresTaos Field OfficeLOS PINOS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Conejos County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Mogote: 6 producers, 2 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Perlite, Pumice, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
MammothGold, SilverPast Producer
ProspectPumiceProspect
UnknownPumiceProducerPumice
Antonito MillPerliteProducer
Johns-ManvillePerliteProducer
SilbricoPerliteProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSand and Gravel

Every working recorded in Conejos County

Storms near this place

1 since 2022

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mogote in 1 storm report in 2022: 1 debris flow. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2022Debris FlowMogote-Mud slide reported at highway 17 and county road d.5.

Every storm recorded in Conejos County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Las Mesitas1.0 miles18
Paisaje1.8 miles18
Cañon3.1 miles19
Guadalupe4.3 miles18
San Antonio4.3 miles18
Conejos4.3 miles18
Ortiz4.6 miles18
Antonito4.6 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 190923. 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.