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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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.
- 1922 USGS Conejos quadrangle1:125000, 4 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
- 1967 USGS Antonito quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Antonito quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
29 since 1993Regional 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/undetermined | 13 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 August 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Rio Grande National Forest | MAGOTE |
| 20 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | San Luis Valley Field Office | SAPO |
| 5 July 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Royal Gorge Field Office | RAILROAD 2 |
| 5 July 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Rio Grande National Forest | RAILROAD #1 |
| 14 July 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Conejos County Office | not named |
| 12 July 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Conejos County Office | not named |
| 10 July 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 76 acres | San Luis Valley Field Office | MOGOTE |
| 7 June 2003 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Taos Field Office | LOS PINOS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mammoth | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Prospect | Pumice | Prospect | ||
| Unknown | Pumice | Producer | Pumice | |
| Antonito Mill | Perlite | Producer | ||
| Johns-Manville | Perlite | Producer | ||
| Silbrico | Perlite | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Sand and Gravel |
Storms near this place
1 since 2022Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2022 | Debris Flow | Mogote | - | Mud slide reported at highway 17 and county road d.5. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Las Mesitas | 1.0 miles | 18 | |
| Paisaje | 1.8 miles | 18 | |
| Cañon | 3.1 miles | 19 | |
| Guadalupe | 4.3 miles | 18 | |
| San Antonio | 4.3 miles | 18 | |
| Conejos | 4.3 miles | 18 | |
| Ortiz | 4.6 miles | 18 | |
| Antonito | 4.6 miles | 18 |
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.








