Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Huerfano County ( / ˈwɛərfənoʊ / wair-FAH-noh; Spanish pronunciation: [ˈweɾfano]) is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,820. [2] The county seat is Walsenburg. [3] The county, whose name comes from the Spanish huérfano meaning "orphan", was named for the Huerfano Butte, a local ...
The burn scar west of Highway 12. / 37.4461778°N 105.1746333°W / 37.4461778; -105.1746333. The Spring Creek Fire was a wildfire near Fort Garland and La Veta, Colorado in Costilla and Huerfano [3] counties in southern Colorado. The fire burned a total of 108,045 acres (437 square kilometers) [2] and was the third-largest wildfire in ...
A historical marker memorializing the trail, located on County Road 520 in Huerfano County, Colorado. The Taos Mountain Trail was the historic pathway for trade and business exchanges between agrarian Taos and the Great Plains from pre-history (1100 A.D.) through the Spanish Colonial period and into the time of the European and American presence.
Huerfano River Wind Farm. / 37.774333°N 104.831917°W / 37.774333; -104.831917. The Huerfano River Wind Farm is a producer of distributed generation (DG) power located ten miles north of Walsenburg, just off of Interstate 25 . The farm uses four Sany -made 2 MW turbines and feeds into the San Isabel Electric Association grid. [1]
Gardner CDP. Gardner is a census-designated place (CDP) and post office in and governed by Huerfano County, Colorado, United States. The Gardner post office has the ZIP Code 81040. [4] At the United States Census 2020, the population of the Gardner CDP was 106. [3]
The Spanish Peaks Wilderness is a 19,226 acres (77.80 km 2) wilderness area in Huerfano County and Las Animas County, Colorado, United States, located 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Walsenburg. All of the wilderness area is located within San Isabel National Forest, which is managed by the U.S. Forest Service. [2] [3]
Cucharas River is a 75-mile-long (121 km) [2] tributary of the Huerfano River that flows from a source in Huerfano County, Colorado, southwest of the Spanish Peaks in San Isabel National Forest. The river passes through La Veta and Walsenburg before joining the Huerfano River in Pueblo County .
Note the dikes at the base. / 37.61528°N 105.10333°W / 37.61528; -105.10333. Silver Mountain, elevation 10,525 ft (3,208 m), is a mountain in Huerfano County, Colorado. It is part of the southern Sangre de Cristo Range of the Southern Rocky Mountains of North America. Silver Mountain is located northeast of Mount Mestas and north of ...