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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.

North La Junta within Otero County

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.

Population over time

2 figures

North 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.

YearPeople Change
2010512
2020482-30 (-6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

203 since 2003

Regional 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/undetermined164
Smoking19
Equipment and vehicle use9
Debris and open burning4
Natural3
Fireworks3
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
6 September 2017Smokingunder an acreLa Junta Rural Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLa Junta Rural Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
17 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLa Junta Rural Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
17 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLa Junta Rural Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
13 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLa Junta Rural Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
1 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersLA JUNTA
9 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
8 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Otero County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 33 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Alabaster Processing PlantGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
La Junta ShaleStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkClayUnknown
UnknownFire Clay (Refractory)ProducerSedimentary
La Junta Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Otero County

Storms near this place

11 since 2004

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2013Thunderstorm WindNorth La Junta$30,000Severe 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 2023HailNorth La Junta-Reported from a trained spotter.
May 2021FloodNorth La Junta-Homes on Bradish Avenue flooded. Arroyos draining into Arkansas River have caused river levels to rise above flood levels.
July 2014Flash FloodNorth 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 2016HailNorth La Junta-no account filed
August 2015HailNorth La Junta-no account filed
June 2011HailNorth La Junta-no account filed
June 2010HailNorth La Junta-no account filed
June 2010HailNorth La Junta-no account filed
June 2010HailNorth La Junta-no account filed
July 2004HailNorth La Junta-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Otero 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
La Junta1.0 miles18
La Junta Gardens1.2 miles18
La Junta Village2.8 miles16
Casa3.3 miles15
Ormega3.8 miles18
Swink5.2 miles14
Old Fort Bent (historical)6.2 miles15
Hays7.0 miles16

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 JuntaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q15262523The 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.