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Pritchett, 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. 112 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,833 feet above sea level.

Pritchett within Baca County

Population over time

2 figures

Pritchett fell from 140 to 112 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010140
2020112-28 (-20%)

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 Pritchett 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

Storms near this place

60 of 73 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pritchett in 73 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 54 hail, 9 tornado, 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 funnel cloud. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2010Tornado (EF2)Pritchett$20,000A large, slowing moving tornado moved south across open fields and US Highway 160, snapping off 14 power poles.
May 2012Dust DevilPritchett$10,000no account filed
June 2025HailPritchett-Hail up to 1.75 inches in diameter fell in Baca County from a supercell thunderstorm.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindPritchett-Power pole blown down.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindPritchett-Barn roofs torn off, with most damage centered around County Road 13 and AA and Z. Time is estimated.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindPritchett-Power pole blown down.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindPritchett-A pole snapped.
June 2019Tornado (EFU)Pritchett-A brief tornado occurred north of Pritchett, CO in the late evening. Storm chaser relayed the report and noted no damage was seen. The location was estimated by radar couplet location. A storm survey was not conducted.
August 2019HailPritchett-One inch hail reported.
June 2012Tornado (EF0)Pritchett-A brief tornado occurred over open fields causing no damage.
May 2010Tornado (EF0)Pritchett-A brief tornado over open country caused no damage.
July 2009HailPritchett-House windows broken.
July 2009Tornado (EF0)Pritchett-A tornado formed in Bent County at 1755 MST, 21.3 miles north-northwest of Pritchett, and move south-southwest for 1.3 miles to the county line at 1757 MST, 20 miles north-northwest of Pritchett. The tornado continued moving south-southwest in Baca County for another 2.3 miles, and dissipated 18.3 miles north-northwest of Pritchett at 1801 MST. There was no known damage.
July 2009Tornado (EF0)Pritchett-A tornado formed approximately 8 miles west of Pritchett and moved south-southwest, and lasted for a brief time before dissipating. The landspout caused no damage.
June 2009Tornado (EF0)Pritchett-A short-lived tornado caused no damage in open county.
June 2007Tornado (EF0)Pritchett-A thunderstorm developed along a boundary west of Pritchett. It spawned a tornado, which did some minor roof damage to an uninhabited dwelling. Flying debris injured a horse.
May 2005Tornado (F0)Pritchett-Short lived tornado caused no known damage.
July 2021HailPritchett-no account filed
July 2016HailPritchett-no account filed
July 2016HailPritchett-no account filed
June 2015HailPritchett-no account filed
May 2015HailPritchett-no account filed
July 2014Flash FloodPritchett-no account filed
July 2014HailPritchett-no account filed
June 2012HailPritchett-no account filed
June 2012HailPritchett-no account filed
June 2012HailPritchett-no account filed
June 2012HailPritchett-no account filed
July 2012HailPritchett-no account filed
July 2012Thunderstorm WindPritchett-no account filed
May 2010HailPritchett-no account filed
May 2010HailPritchett-no account filed
May 2010HailPritchett-no account filed
May 2010Funnel CloudPritchett-no account filed
May 2010Funnel CloudPritchett-no account filed
June 2009HailPritchett-no account filed
July 2009HailPritchett-no account filed
July 2009HailPritchett-no account filed
July 2009HailPritchett-no account filed
July 2009HailPritchett-no account filed
June 2007HailPritchett-no account filed
May 2006HailPritchett-no account filed
June 2006HailPritchett-no account filed
June 2006HailPritchett-no account filed
September 2006HailPritchett-no account filed
June 2005HailPritchett-no account filed
May 2005HailPritchett-no account filed
July 2005HailPritchett-no account filed
July 2004HailPritchett-no account filed
May 2003HailPritchett-no account filed
June 2002HailPritchett-no account filed
May 2002HailPritchett-no account filed
May 2001HailPritchett-no account filed
May 2001HailPritchett-no account filed
June 2001HailPritchett-no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindPritchett-no account filed
August 2001HailPritchett-no account filed
July 2000HailPritchett-no account filed
July 1999HailPritchett-no account filed
July 1999HailPritchett-no account filed

Every storm 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
Prichett0.1 miles14
Graft5.6 miles13
Liberty8.4 miles16
Utleyville11.4 miles17
Atlanta11.7 miles14
Murray Place12.4 miles14
Springfield13.3 miles13
Edler14.1 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.

Wikipedia article on PritchettAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2303310The 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 196216. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.