Colfax County, NM Mobile Commercial Kitchen Rentals

Pages exist for places in Colfax County.

• Raton: about 6,005 residents (2024 estimate)
• Angel Fire: about 1,183 residents (2024 estimate)
• Springer: about 929 residents (2024 estimate)
• Cimarron: about 794 residents (2024 estimate)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau Gazetteer 2024 and Vintage 2024 population estimates.

A short-term kitchen rental after a failure and a long-term kitchen lease during a rebuild start the same way: a mobile kitchen for Colfax County is matched to the menu, the crew and the power available. A project that crosses into Raton (about 6,005 residents) usually keeps one menu, one crew and one power plan, which is why the kitchen is chosen first.

Common choices include the 28ft Mobile Kitchen (220V, single phase, 200A), the 38ft Mobile Kitchen (220V, single phase, 200 to 220A) and the 24ft Mobile Kitchen (220V, single phase, 200A). Each model page lists the equipment and the electrical service.

Plan the connections together: 220V power, potable water in, wastewater out and a safe route for food deliveries. The local authority in Colfax County decides which approvals a temporary kitchen needs. Mobile kitchens can be rented for one week or on monthly terms, including long-term leases for work that runs through a full construction season. Health rules are set locally, so a kitchen in Springer or Cimarron may face different steps than one here.

A kitchen is only half of food service. A dishwashing trailer such as the 22 to 26ft Low-Temp Dishwashing Trailer (220V, single phase, 150A) handles trays, plates and pans so Colfax County kitchens do not fall back on disposables. Kitchens in Cimarron hit the same wall when the dish room closes before the cooking line does.

When a compressor quits, product loss follows within hours. Emergency refrigerated trailers, such as the 20ft Cooler Trailer, 32°F, are rented to restaurants, hotels, hospitals and institutions around Colfax County. A walk-in that fails in Raton starts the same clock on the stock inside.

Climate normals for Colfax County run from an average January low of 16°F to an average July high of 82°F, with roughly 17 inches of precipitation yearly. January lows run about 6 degrees colder than the average New Mexico county. With nights that cold, a kitchen trailer needs heated or insulated water lines, and a refrigerated trailer should not be asked to hold product warm against freezing air.

Who rents a mobile kitchen near Colfax County? Mostly disaster-response teams, manufacturers, construction crews and municipal agencies, along with contractors and public agencies. The need is usually the same: a working kitchen while the permanent one is unavailable. Angel Fire (about 1,183 residents) and Springer (about 929 residents) each have their own mix of hospitals, schools and plants, but the reasons they rent line up.

CMS lists one hospital in Colfax County: Miners' Colfax Medical Center, a critical access hospital. The county also has 2 nursing homes certified by Medicare or Medicaid, with about 70 beds. Public schools here number 16, enrolling about 1,419 students, with Raton, Cimarron and Springer among the larger districts (NCES).

• Disaster Response Kitchen Rentals and Emergency Food Service: feeding responders, crews and displaced staff after an incident
• Manufacturing Plant Cafeteria Kitchen Rentals: plant shutdowns and turnarounds that bring in extra contractors
• Construction Site Mobile Kitchen Rentals for Crews: remote sites with no restaurants within reasonable distance
• Municipal and Public Institution Kitchen Trailer Rentals: emergency operations centers that need to feed responders

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.

The most recent declarations that include Colfax County, newest first. Each is a federal designation for the county, listed with its FEMA number and declaration date.

• DR-4652, major disaster declaration: Wildfires, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Mudflows, and Debris Flows, declared May 4, 2022
• FM-5437, fire management assistance declaration: Cook's Peak Fire, declared April 28, 2022
• FM-5239, fire management assistance declaration: Ute Park Fire, declared June 1, 2018
• DR-4199, major disaster declaration: Severe Storms and Flooding, declared October 29, 2014
• DR-4152, major disaster declaration: Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides, declared October 29, 2013
• DR-4148, major disaster declaration: Severe Storms and Flooding, declared September 30, 2013
• FM-2918, fire management assistance declaration: Track Fire, declared June 12, 2011
• FM-2647, fire management assistance declaration: Rivera Mesa Fire, declared June 21, 2006

Crews and facilities working in Colfax County often look at the counties around it too. The nearest ones are below, with the state and index pages.

• Mora County: about 46 miles from Colfax County, 18 FEMA declarations, 0 hospitals listed by CMS
• Taos County: about 55 miles from Colfax County, 8 FEMA declarations, 1 hospital listed by CMS
• Union County: about 65 miles from Colfax County, 5 FEMA declarations, 1 hospital listed by CMS
• Harding County: about 68 miles from Colfax County, 6 FEMA declarations, 0 hospitals listed by CMS
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For a base camp the kitchen is the center of the day. Beside mobile kitchens in Colfax County, a job can add shower trailer rentals or laundry trailer rentals; the 20ft Five-Stall Shower Container and the 24ft Laundry Trailer are two examples. Rent only what the project needs.