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.
Population over time
2 figuresPritchett 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 140 | |
| 2020 | 112 | -28 (-20%) |
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 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/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:
Storms near this place
60 of 73 shownRegional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2010 | Tornado (EF2) | Pritchett | $20,000 | A large, slowing moving tornado moved south across open fields and US Highway 160, snapping off 14 power poles. |
| May 2012 | Dust Devil | Pritchett | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Hail | Pritchett | - | Hail up to 1.75 inches in diameter fell in Baca County from a supercell thunderstorm. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pritchett | - | Power pole blown down. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pritchett | - | Barn roofs torn off, with most damage centered around County Road 13 and AA and Z. Time is estimated. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pritchett | - | Power pole blown down. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pritchett | - | A pole snapped. |
| June 2019 | Tornado (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 2019 | Hail | Pritchett | - | One inch hail reported. |
| June 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Pritchett | - | A brief tornado occurred over open fields causing no damage. |
| May 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Pritchett | - | A brief tornado over open country caused no damage. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Pritchett | - | House windows broken. |
| July 2009 | Tornado (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 2009 | Tornado (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 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Pritchett | - | A short-lived tornado caused no damage in open county. |
| June 2007 | Tornado (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 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Pritchett | - | Short lived tornado caused no known damage. |
| July 2021 | Hail | Pritchett | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Pritchett | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Pritchett | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Pritchett | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Pritchett | - | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Flash Flood | Pritchett | - | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Hail | Pritchett | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Pritchett | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Pritchett | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Pritchett | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Pritchett | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | Pritchett | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pritchett | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Pritchett | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Pritchett | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Pritchett | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Funnel Cloud | Pritchett | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Funnel Cloud | Pritchett | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Pritchett | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Pritchett | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Pritchett | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Pritchett | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Pritchett | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Pritchett | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Pritchett | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Pritchett | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Pritchett | - | no account filed |
| September 2006 | Hail | Pritchett | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Pritchett | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Pritchett | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Pritchett | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Pritchett | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Pritchett | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Pritchett | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Pritchett | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Pritchett | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Pritchett | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Pritchett | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pritchett | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Pritchett | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Pritchett | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Pritchett | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Pritchett | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prichett | 0.1 miles | 14 | |
| Graft | 5.6 miles | 13 | |
| Liberty | 8.4 miles | 16 | |
| Utleyville | 11.4 miles | 17 | |
| Atlanta | 11.7 miles | 14 | |
| Murray Place | 12.4 miles | 14 | |
| Springfield | 13.3 miles | 13 | |
| Edler | 14.1 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.
| Wikipedia article on Pritchett | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2303310 | 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 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.







