Prichett, Colorado
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Pritchett census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81064. The Survey maps it on the Pritchett quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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 Springfield quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS La Junta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS La Junta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS La Junta quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Pritchett quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Pritchett quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
7 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Prichett between 1992 and 2005, burning about 122 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1992 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | not named |
| 9 August 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Park County | not named |
| 26 August 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Park County | not named |
| 7 July 2005 | Natural | 80 acres | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | 8GN |
| 6 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 26 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 11 October 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | BRIDGE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pritchett | 0.1 miles | 14 | |
| Graft | 5.5 miles | 13 | |
| Liberty | 8.5 miles | 16 | |
| Utleyville | 11.4 miles | 17 | |
| Atlanta | 11.6 miles | 14 | |
| Murray Place | 12.3 miles | 14 | |
| Springfield | 13.3 miles | 13 | |
| Edler | 14.2 miles | 14 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122591728 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 196399. 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.







