North La Junta, Colorado
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Cheraw census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81050. It stands on King Arroyo. The Survey maps it on the La Junta quadrangle. 482 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,045 feet above sea level.
On record in North La Junta
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
North La Junta Schoollisted 1992 · 0.3 miles away
Population over time
2 figuresNorth La Junta fell from 512 to 482 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 | 512 | |
| 2020 | 482 | -30 (-6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1891 USGS Timpas quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Timpas quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS La Junta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS La Junta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS La Junta quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1968 USGS La Junta quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS La Junta quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS La Junta quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
203 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 203 fires within 5 miles of North La Junta between 2003 and 2019, burning about 179 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 164 |
| Smoking | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 September 2017 | Smoking | under an acre | La Junta Rural Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 6 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | La Junta Rural Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 17 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | La Junta Rural Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 17 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | La Junta Rural Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 13 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | La Junta Rural Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 1 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | LA JUNTA |
| 9 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 8 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 33 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 33 workings within 5 miles of North La Junta: 17 unknowns, 8 occurrences, 7 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabaster Processing Plant | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| La Junta Shale | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| La Junta Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
11 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North La Junta in 11 storm reports between 2004 and 2023: 8 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 flood. 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 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | North La Junta | $30,000 | Severe storm wind gusts caused gas station sign and overhang damage. In addition, trees snapped and uprooted in the City of La Junta while airport hangers were damaged at the La Junta airport. |
| May 2023 | Hail | North La Junta | - | Reported from a trained spotter. |
| May 2021 | Flood | North La Junta | - | Homes on Bradish Avenue flooded. Arroyos draining into Arkansas River have caused river levels to rise above flood levels. |
| July 2014 | Flash Flood | North La Junta | - | Numerous roads and low lying areas experienced flash flooding central Otero County, including the La Junta and Swink areas, and arroyo watersheds in the south-cental portions of the county. Highways 109 and 50 were closed for several hours. |
| June 2016 | Hail | North La Junta | - | no account filed |
| August 2015 | Hail | North La Junta | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | North La Junta | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | North La Junta | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | North La Junta | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | North La Junta | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | North La Junta | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Junta | 1.0 miles | 18 | |
| La Junta Gardens | 1.2 miles | 18 | |
| La Junta Village | 2.8 miles | 16 | |
| Casa | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Ormega | 3.8 miles | 18 | |
| Swink | 5.2 miles | 14 | |
| Old Fort Bent (historical) | 6.2 miles | 15 | |
| Hays | 7.0 miles | 16 |
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 North La Junta | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q15262523 | 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 203846. 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.







