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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.

Prichett within Baca County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

7 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined3
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
3 September 1992Natural1.0 acresPike and San Isabel National Forestnot named
9 August 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePark Countynot named
26 August 1995Naturalunder an acrePark Countynot named
7 July 2005Natural80 acresPike and San Isabel National Forest8GN
6 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
26 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
11 October 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresPike and San Isabel National ForestBRIDGE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baca County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Pritchett0.1 miles14
Graft5.5 miles13
Liberty8.5 miles16
Utleyville11.4 miles17
Atlanta11.6 miles14
Murray Place12.3 miles14
Springfield13.3 miles13
Edler14.2 miles14

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 Q122591728The 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.