Tobe, Colorado
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Kim census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81027. The Survey maps it on the Tobe 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.
- 1891 USGS Mesa De Maya quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Mesa De Maya quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1893 USGS Mesa de Maya quadrangle1:125000
- 1955 USGS La Junta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS La Junta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS La Junta quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Tobe quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Kim quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Tobe quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
2 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Tobe between 1996 and 2003, burning about 15 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 July 1996 | Natural | 10 acres | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | LEFT TURN |
| 16 December 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Tobe: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tobe in 7 storm reports between 2005 and 2023: 6 hail, 1 flash 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 2023 | Hail | Tobe | - | Reported by storm chasers. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Tobe | - | A slow moving storm produced heavy rain and washed out county roads along the Raton Mesa east of Branson. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Tobe | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Tobe | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Tobe | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Tobe | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Tobe | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Villegreen | 7.7 miles | 20 | |
| Kim | 13.9 miles | 17 | |
| Walts Corner | 14.6 miles | 16 | |
| Branson | 20.1 miles | 16 | |
| Andrix | 22.6 miles | 18 | |
| Trinchera | 26.1 miles | 15 | |
| Patterson Crossing | 31.6 miles | 15 | |
| Abeyta | 31.9 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 196230. 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.








