County in Colorado
Costilla County, CO Commercial Kitchen Trailers for Rent
Emergency Commercial Mobile Kitchen Service rents mobile commercial kitchen trailers across Costilla County, Colorado, with dishwashing trailers and emergency refrigerated trailers as supporting services. Temporary food service covers sudden outages, alongside planned renovations and construction projects. Rent for a week, lease by the month, or plan a long-term rental around your schedule. We rent to commercial and institutional customers such as disaster-response teams, municipal agencies and construction crews. Our team coordinates delivery, placement and setup with your site contacts. Call or request a quote to check availability for your Costilla County project, or one in San Luis.
24/7 emergency line: (877) 416-7535
- State
- Colorado
- Land area
- 1,228 sq mi
- Places covered here
- 1
- FEMA declarations
- 8
Kitchen trailers for rent in Costilla County
Temporary modular kitchens are how Costilla County facilities keep serving through a closure. A modular commercial kitchen rental brings the cooking line to the site, with kitchen setup for renovations planned around your schedule. Crews working in San Luis and San Luis often share a kitchen plan, so one rental can serve more than one site.
Sizing starts with how many meals you serve. The 38ft Mobile Kitchen and 28ft Mobile Kitchen suit different kitchen volumes, and the 24ft Mobile Kitchen adds capacity for larger operations; compare their equipment lists and power needs before you choose.
Before delivery, confirm the pad, the electrical service, potable water and a wastewater route. Costilla County environmental health or the local health authority usually reviews a temporary kitchen, and their requirements vary, so involve them early. Short-term rentals cover outages and events; long-term leasing suits renovations and projects that run for many months. Health rules are set locally, so a kitchen in San Luis or San Luis may face different steps than one here.
Warewashing and cold storage for Costilla County
If the dish room is closed too, add a warewashing trailer. The 38ft Low-Temp Conveyor Dishwashing Trailer needs 220V, single phase, 220A; plan a drain route sized for continuous washing. Kitchens in San Luis hit the same wall when the dish room closes before the cooking line does.
Emergency refrigeration for Costilla County means cold storage that arrives as a trailer. The 20ft LT Refrigerated Trailer is one of three 20ft temperature configurations, subject to availability for your location. A walk-in that fails in San Luis starts the same clock on the stock inside.
A typical January night in Costilla County drops to 10°F, a typical July afternoon reaches 78°F, and the county gets about 17 inches of precipitation in a year (NOAA, 1991 to 2020). January lows run about 3 degrees colder than the average Colorado county. Hard freezes are routine, so the water hookup is planned with heat tape or an insulated hose, and wastewater lines are kept from freezing between uses.
Where in Costilla County we rent
Costilla County has one place on this site. Each has its own page with local context.
- San Luis: about 628 residents (2024 estimate)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau Gazetteer 2024 and Vintage 2024 population estimates.
Costilla County disaster declaration history
The most recent declarations that include Costilla County, newest first. Each is a federal designation for the county, listed with its FEMA number and declaration date.
- FM-5246, fire management assistance declaration: Spring Creek Fire, declared June 28, 2018
- FM-2646, fire management assistance declaration: Malo Vega Fire, declared June 19, 2006
- EM-3224, emergency declaration: Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, declared September 5, 2005
- EM-3185, emergency declaration: Snow, declared April 9, 2003
- DR-1421, major disaster declaration: Wildfires, declared June 19, 2002
- EM-3025, emergency declaration: Drought, declared January 29, 1977
- DR-396, major disaster declaration: Flooding & Landslides, declared July 6, 1973
- DR-293, major disaster declaration: Heavy Rains & Flooding, declared September 22, 1970
Costilla County: emergencies, projects, access and costs
What past disasters mean for kitchens in Costilla County
Federal records show Costilla County designated in 8 declarations since 1970, led by wildfire (3 declarations) and flooding (2 declarations). If you plan across towns, check the page for San Luis as well; its own declaration history is listed there.
The most recent is Spring Creek Fire (fire management assistance declaration, FM-5246), declared June 28, 2018. Evacuations, smoke damage and power shutoffs can close commercial kitchens and spoil refrigerated stock, while crews and displaced staff still need hot meals. The latest major disaster declaration is Wildfires (DR-1421), declared June 19, 2002. By incident type, the count is wildfire 3, flooding 2, coastal storm 1, snowstorm 1 and drought 1. By decade: 1970s 3, 2000s 4 and 2010s 1. Before that came Malo Vega Fire (FM-2646, June 19, 2006), Hurricane Katrina Evacuation (EM-3224, September 5, 2005), Snow (EM-3185, April 9, 2003), Drought (EM-3025, January 29, 1977) and Flooding & Landslides (DR-396, July 6, 1973).
Ten years of NOAA storm records, 2016 through 2025, show 9 county-based event records for Costilla County; flood events account for 8 of them, high-wind and thunderstorm events for 1. The costliest event with a reported dollar figure was a flash flood in September 2019, with about $150,000 in property damage. After a flood the pad matters as much as the unit: a rental kitchen needs firm, well-drained ground and a clear route in.
NIFC lists no wildfire of 1,000 acres or more starting in Costilla County since 2016. Smoke and power shutoffs travel farther than fires do, though: the nearest large fire on record began in Huerfano County, about 38 miles away, where the Sheep Head fire burned 1,322 acres in 2026.
FEMA declarations apply to designated areas and do not say which individual buildings were affected.
Major construction near Costilla County
USASpending.gov shows no federal construction contract of $500,000 or more with Costilla County as the place of work since October 2021. The nearest is in Alamosa County, about 28 miles away. USASpending.gov shows a $1.7 million Department of the Interior contract, “Rehabilitate Six Comfort Stations - Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve,” starting September 2022 in Alamosa County (award record). A contract of that size means a crew that eats on site: hot food for many people on odd shifts, with water and wastewater to plan for the kitchen. A job in San Luis (about 628 residents) raises the same crew-meal questions.
Renovation projects that close kitchens in Costilla County
Building work on record nearby: USASpending.gov shows a $1.7 million Department of the Interior contract, “Rehabilitate Six Comfort Stations - Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve,” starting September 2022 in Alamosa County (award record). Renovations like this are the usual reason an institution leases a mobile kitchen, because the permanent one cannot run while the work is under way. The closure date drives the plan in San Luis too.
Emergency access and staging near Costilla County
In Colorado, the Colorado Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (DHSEM) works with counties on emergency operations. Official staging areas and the roads that connect them to local emergency-management hubs are published by those agencies and should be checked there. For work in San Luis, look to the agencies covering that area rather than assuming the same routes.
Pricing a mobile kitchen for Costilla County
There is no single price for every job in Costilla County. Equipment, rental term, delivery and site conditions all change it. As a guide, prices start at the 24ft Mobile Kitchen from $4,995, the 40ft Bulk Kitchen from $10,995 and the 40ft Mobile Combo Kitchen from $9,995, and they may vary. San Luis is quoted on the same factors, but a different address can change delivery and setup terms.
Starting prices are guides, and prices may vary with location, rental length, delivery, setup and utilities. A written quote states the equipment, the rental period and what is included.
Sources: OpenFEMA (retrieved October 30, 2026); NOAA Storm Events, NIFC fire perimeters, NOAA nClimDiv normals, CMS provider data and NCES school data (retrieved October 31, 2026). Public records for an area or a project, not damage reports or work we did.
Customers we support in Costilla County
Rental customers in Costilla County are commercial, institutional and public: disaster-response teams, municipal agencies, construction crews and school districts. Each has its own pressure points, from a emergency commercial kitchen rental during a remodel to keeping staff fed through a long project. San Luis (about 628 residents) and San Luis (about 628 residents) each have their own mix of hospitals, schools and plants, but the reasons they rent line up.
CMS lists no hospital in Costilla County; the nearest county with one is Alamosa County, about 28 miles away. Public schools here number 2, enrolling about 488 students, with Sierra Grande School District No. R-30 and Centennial School District No. R-1 among the larger districts (NCES).
- Disaster Response Kitchen Rentals and Emergency Food Service: dishwashing capacity where utilities are limited
- Municipal and Public Institution Kitchen Trailer Rentals: emergency operations centers that need to feed responders
- Construction Site Mobile Kitchen Rentals for Crews: remote sites with no restaurants within reasonable distance
- School Cafeteria Kitchen Rentals During Renovation: central kitchens that need a temporary production line during modernization
Counties and pages near Costilla County
Projects rarely stop at a county line. These neighboring Colorado counties are the closest to Costilla County, measured between internal points rather than by road.
- Alamosa County: about 28 miles from Costilla County, 5 FEMA declarations, 1 hospital listed by CMS
- Huerfano County: about 38 miles from Costilla County, 8 FEMA declarations, 1 hospital listed by CMS
- Conejos County: about 41 miles from Costilla County, 5 FEMA declarations, 1 hospital listed by CMS
- Custer County: about 57 miles from Costilla County, 12 FEMA declarations, 0 hospitals listed by CMS
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Beyond the kitchen: facilities for longer jobs
For a base camp the kitchen is the center of the day. Beside mobile kitchens in Costilla County, a job can add shower trailer rentals or remote workforce housing with multi-use crew support trailers; the 20ft Five-Stall Shower Container and the Office, Sleeper, Shower and Restroom Trailer are two examples. Rent only what the project needs.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does a temporary kitchen in Costilla County need approval?
The local health authority usually reviews temporary food-service facilities, and the rules differ by jurisdiction. Ask Costilla County environmental health or the Colorado health department what applies; we can supply equipment lists for the review.
Can dishwashing be rented with a kitchen in Costilla County?
Yes. Dishwashing trailers pair with the kitchens and can also be rented alone. Low-temperature and high-temperature versions are available in several lengths.
Can I rent a mobile kitchen in Costilla County?
Yes. Mobile commercial kitchens are rented to facilities in Costilla County for renovations, repairs and emergencies, from one week to monthly terms. Share your start date, meals per day and utilities and we will help match a model.
What do you need to quote a rental in Costilla County?
The site address, start date, rental length, the kind of kitchen or storage needed, the number of people served, and the power, water and wastewater available on site. The rental planning form collects each of these.
Why Organizations Choose Emergency Commercial Mobile Kitchen Service
Kitchen outages in Costilla County do not wait for a convenient schedule. Mobile commercial kitchen rentals work best when the equipment, the site plan and the people who set it up are lined up before the first meal is due.
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Accelerated Deployment
Gathering utility and access details up front removes the common causes of setup delays.
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24/7 Emergency Service
Emergency calls are taken around the clock, so a failure at midnight is not left until morning.
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End-to-End Project Support
Questions about permits, water, power and wastewater are part of the conversation, not an afterthought.
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Flexible Rental Solutions
Choose a short rental for an outage or a long lease for a renovation that runs for months.
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Heavy-Duty Commercial Equipment
Commercial-grade cooking, warewashing and cold storage equipment stands up to long service days.
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Experienced Logistics Coordination
Trailer length, turning room and access are checked against your site before anything is scheduled.
Why clients trust usWhat we can confirm
- Open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for emergency and planned rental requests.
- Rentals are for commercial and industrial customers: hospitals, schools, institutions, hotels, contractors and public agencies.
- Equipment and electrical requirements are listed on each model page, so you can check them against your site.
- Delivery, setup and pickup are coordinated with your facility team, with guidance on power, water and wastewater.
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Tell us the project location, the equipment you need, how long you need it and what is on site, and we will help match a trailer to the job. Emergencies and planned rentals both start here, or call the line any hour.
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