Towaoc

History

The word towaoc means "thank you" in the Ute language. The Towaoc, Colorado, post office opened on April 1, 1915. The Ute Mountain Reservation was created on June 6, 1940. Old Towaoc, located at the base of Ute Mountain, is approximately west of US Highways 491-160, and includes various tribal and BIA governmental buildings and housing areas, including the tribal offices of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe. In recent years, a small complex has been developed directly on US Highway 491–160 at the junction of the road into the original town.

Geography

Towaoc is located east of Sleeping Ute Mountain, a sacred mountain of the Ute people, and northeast of the Four Corners Monument. At the 2020 United States census, the Towaoc CDP had an area of , all land.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  2,318
• Common Raven

  Corvus corax Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  2,288
• Eurasian Collared-Dove

  Streptopelia decaocto (Frivaldszky, 1838) · Aves
  2,240
• House Finch

  Haemorhous mexicanus (P.L.Statius Müller, 1776) · Aves
  2,177
• White-crowned Sparrow

  Zonotrichia leucophrys (J.R.Forster, 1772) · Aves
  1,791
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  1,779
• European Starling

  Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  1,741
• Spotted Towhee

  Pipilo maculatus Swainson, 1827 · Aves
  1,716

Most recent

• M 2.6 — 2026-05-16
  15 km SSW of Sawpit, Colorado
• M 2.6 — 2025-11-21
  26 km SSW of Ojo Amarillo, New Mexico
• M 2.5 — 2024-08-25
  13 km NNE of Round Rock, Arizona
• M 3.6 — 2023-03-10
  16 km S of Ophir, Colorado
• M 3.1 — 2017-12-10
  14 km NNW of Rico, Colorado
• M 2.5 — 2017-12-10
  14 km NNW of Rico, Colorado