County in Colorado
La Plata County, CO Temporary Kitchen Rental and Lease Options
Facilities in La Plata County can rent a temporary commercial kitchen trailer, with dishwashing and emergency cold storage available alongside it. Temporary food service covers sudden outages, alongside planned renovations and construction projects. Short-term and long-term terms run from one week to monthly. Customers include school districts, hospitals and municipal agencies. Our team coordinates delivery, placement and setup with your site contacts. Call or request a quote to check availability for your La Plata County project, or one in Durango.
24/7 emergency line: (877) 416-7535
- State
- Colorado
- Land area
- 1,690 sq mi
- Places covered here
- 3
- FEMA declarations
- 8
Cities and towns we cover in La Plata County
Temporary kitchen rental for La Plata County
Temporary modular kitchens are how La Plata 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 Durango and Bayfield often share a kitchen plan, so one rental can serve more than one site.
Match the trailer to the menu: the 40ft Mobile Combo Kitchen for a focused cooking line, the 38ft Mobile Kitchen for more production room, and the 40ft Mobile Kitchen where bulk cooking or a walk-in cooler matters. Power requirements are shown on every page.
A kitchen trailer needs a level area, a path for delivery, the right electrical service and water and wastewater connections. Health and permit steps differ by jurisdiction, so check with La Plata County before you schedule the opening day. Rental terms run from one week to monthly, so the same trailer can cover a two-week repair or a six-month rebuild. Check the authority that covers the site itself; what cleared in Ignacio is no guarantee for Durango.
Warewashing and cold storage for La Plata County
Warewashing is easy to overlook until the dish room is the thing that is down. Dishwashing trailers like the 22 to 26ft Low-Temp Dishwashing Trailer and the 38ft Low-Temp Conveyor Dishwashing Trailer can be rented with a kitchen or on their own for La Plata County sites. Kitchens in Durango hit the same wall when the dish room closes before the cooking line does.
Refrigeration is an emergency. When a walk-in cooler or freezer breaks down in La Plata County, stock starts to warm immediately, so an emergency refrigerated trailer such as the 20ft Cooler Trailer, 32°F gives product somewhere cold to go. A call about emergency refrigeration from Bayfield starts with the same three questions: what failed, what is inside and where the trailer can sit.
Climate normals for La Plata County run from an average January low of 14°F to an average July high of 81°F, with roughly 22 inches of precipitation yearly. 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.
Customers we support in La Plata County
Rental customers in La Plata County are commercial, institutional and public: school districts, hospitals, municipal agencies and golf clubs. Each has its own pressure points, from a school cafeteria kitchen rental during a remodel to keeping staff fed through a long project. Ignacio (about 847 residents) and Durango (about 19,811 residents) each have their own mix of hospitals, schools and plants, but the reasons they rent line up.
CMS lists 2 hospitals in La Plata County: Animas Surgical Hospital, LLC and Mercy Regional Medical Center. Certified nursing care adds 2 homes and roughly 173 beds. Public schools here number 24, enrolling about 7,670 students, with Durango School District No. 9-R, Bayfield School District No. 10Jt-R and Ignacio School District No. 11Jt among the larger districts (NCES).
- School Cafeteria Kitchen Rentals During Renovation: equipment failures that close a single school's kitchen mid-year
- Hospital Kitchen Rental and Temporary Kitchen Trailers: pairing a kitchen trailer with a dishwashing trailer so tray and ware return keeps pace
- Municipal and Public Institution Kitchen Trailer Rentals: senior-nutrition and community meal programs that cannot pause
- Golf Course and Country Club Kitchen Trailer Rentals: a need for cold storage during peak weekends
La Plata County: emergencies, projects, access and costs
Past emergencies and recovery needs in La Plata County
Since 1970, La Plata County has been named in 8 FEMA declarations; wildfire (4 declarations) and flooding (2 declarations) lead the list. Durango has a page of its own with the federal declarations for its county, useful when one project crosses the line.
The most recent is Hurricane Katrina Evacuation (emergency declaration, EM-3224), declared September 5, 2005, with the incident beginning August 29, 2005. Coastal storms combine flooding, wind damage and outages, any of which can take a commercial kitchen out of service. The latest major disaster declaration is Wildfires (DR-1421), declared June 19, 2002. By incident type, the count is wildfire 4, flooding 2, coastal storm 1 and drought 1. The records also list Valley Fire (FM-2432, June 25, 2002), Missionary Ridge Fire (FM-2423, June 11, 2002), Ute Pass Fire (FM-2418, June 7, 2002), Drought (EM-3025, January 29, 1977) and Flooding & Landslides (DR-396, July 6, 1973).
Ten years of NOAA storm records, 2016 through 2025, show 38 county-based event records for La Plata County; flood events account for 25 of them, high-wind and thunderstorm events for 13. The costliest event with a reported dollar figure was a flash flood in July 2018, with about $2 million in property damage. Floodwater leaves a building standing but unusable, so cooking, dishwashing and cold storage have to run from a trailer on higher, firm ground.
No wildfire of 1,000 acres or more has a mapped origin in La Plata County in NIFC's records since 2016. Smoke and power shutoffs travel farther than fires do, though: the nearest large fire on record began in Montezuma County, about 42 miles away, where the Ferris fire burned 64,881 acres in 2026.
FEMA declarations apply to designated areas and do not say which individual buildings were affected.
Construction projects and crew meals near La Plata County
USASpending.gov lists 4 federal construction contracts of $500,000 or more with work in La Plata County since October 2021, worth about $10 million together. USASpending.gov shows a $5.6 million Department of the Interior contract, “Florida Ditch and Canal Lining,” starting August 2021 in La Plata County (award record). The Department of the Interior committed $777,000 to “Watercraft Ans Decontamination Facility at Vallecito Reservoir” in La Plata County, awarded October 2022 (award record). Another public record is “Chicken Creek Reconditioning and Surfacing,” a $525,000 Department of Agriculture contract from August 2024 in La Plata County (award record). Crews on projects like this rarely have a restaurant nearby, which is the case for cooking on site with a rented kitchen and a dishwashing trailer. A job in Bayfield (about 2,923 residents) raises the same crew-meal questions.
Major renovation in La Plata County
No federal contract for repairing or modernizing a building is on record for La Plata County. The nearest is in Montezuma County, about 42 miles away. USASpending.gov shows a $2.2 million Department of the Interior contract, “Meve Construct Navajo Water Tank & Repair Existing Tank,” starting September 2026 in Montezuma County (award record). The Department of the Interior committed $1.6 million to “Meve 230620d Rehabilitate Barracks #5” in Montezuma County, awarded September 2022 (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. A remodel in Ignacio would start from the same closure date and the same temporary-kitchen question.
Getting emergency equipment into La Plata County
Public emergency operations in Colorado are coordinated by the Colorado Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (DHSEM), with county emergency managers handling local response. Staging areas and access routes for disaster response are published by those agencies and can change, so this page does not draw a route. Staging and access details differ again in Durango, so check the published sources for that area before planning a route.
Local rental costs in La Plata County
Price depends on the model, the rental period, delivery and setup requirements and the utilities on site. Starting prices for kitchens near La Plata County include the 24ft Mobile Kitchen from $4,995, the 40ft Mobile Combo Kitchen from $9,995 and the 28ft Mobile Kitchen from $6,995, and prices may vary. See the equipment pages for dishwashing and refrigeration. A kitchen for Bayfield is built from the same quote, with delivery adjusted for the address.
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, NCES school data and USASpending.gov (retrieved October 31, 2026). Public records for an area or a project, not damage reports or work we did.
La Plata County disaster declaration history
The most recent declarations that include La Plata County, newest first. Each is a federal designation for the county, listed with its FEMA number and declaration date.
- EM-3224, emergency declaration: Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, declared September 5, 2005
- FM-2432, fire management assistance declaration: Valley Fire, declared June 25, 2002
- DR-1421, major disaster declaration: Wildfires, declared June 19, 2002
- FM-2423, fire management assistance declaration: Missionary Ridge Fire, declared June 11, 2002
- FM-2418, fire management assistance declaration: Ute Pass Fire, declared June 7, 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
Browse connected geography
Crews and facilities working in La Plata County often look at the counties around it too. The nearest ones are below, with the state and index pages.
- San Juan County: about 35 miles from La Plata County, 4 FEMA declarations, 0 hospitals listed by CMS
- Montezuma County: about 42 miles from La Plata County, 6 FEMA declarations, 1 hospital listed by CMS
- Archuleta County: about 44 miles from La Plata County, 6 FEMA declarations, 1 hospital listed by CMS
- Hinsdale County: about 44 miles from La Plata County, 6 FEMA declarations, 0 hospitals listed by CMS
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Beyond the kitchen: facilities for longer jobs
Mobile kitchens in La Plata County come first, and the rest follows from the site. Where crews live and work on site, bunk bed sleeper trailer rentals (for example the 20ft Contractor Accommodation Unit) and laundry trailer rentals (the 24ft Laundry Trailer) can sit beside the kitchen. We confirm the exact unit and price in a written quote.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get emergency refrigeration in La Plata County?
Call the 24-hour line, give your address and describe the failure. Emergency refrigerated trailers are 20ft units listed at 32°F, 15°F and -5°F, and need a 220V single-phase supply rated 40 to 60A. Availability depends on the unit and location.
Can dishwashing be rented with a kitchen in La Plata 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.
What do you need to quote a rental in La Plata 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.
Does a temporary kitchen in La Plata County need approval?
The local health authority usually reviews temporary food-service facilities, and the rules differ by jurisdiction. Ask La Plata County environmental health or the Colorado health department what applies; we can supply equipment lists for the review.
Why Organizations Choose Emergency Commercial Mobile Kitchen Service
Kitchen outages in La Plata 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
A clear site checklist means mobile commercial kitchen rentals are ready to cook, wash or chill sooner once they are placed.
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24/7 Emergency Service
A broken walk-in cooler or a kitchen shutdown can happen at any hour, and so can your call.
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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
Kitchens, dishwashing and refrigeration can be rented together or separately as the project changes.
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Heavy-Duty Commercial Equipment
Stainless work surfaces and commercial appliances are chosen for repeated service, not occasional use.
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Experienced Logistics Coordination
Planning the path in, the pad and the connections together avoids surprises on delivery day.
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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