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Huerfano County (/ ˈwɛərfənoʊ / WAIR-fə-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 landmark. [ 4 ] The area of Huerfano County ...
The Natural Resources Board approved a rule-setting process to update standards for the PFAS family of chemicals in public water supplies to comply with newly enacted federal standards.
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.
^ a b The summit of West Spanish Peak at 13,631 feet (4155 m) is the highest point in the drainage basins of the Huerfano River and Apishapa River. ^ The point at which the Arikaree River flows out of the Colorado and into Kansas is the lowest point in the State of Colorado at 3317 feet (1011 m).
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Category:Bodies of water of Huerfano County, Colorado Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.
Water in Colorado is of significant importance, as the American state of Colorado is the 7th-driest state in America. [1] As result, water rights generate conflict (for example, see Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United States), with many water lawyers in the state.
This is a list of the largest reservoirs in the state of Colorado. All thirty-nine reservoirs that contain greater than 40,000 acre-feet (49 million cubic meters) are included in the list. Most of the larger reservoirs in the state are owned by the United States Bureau of Reclamation and, to a lesser extent, the Corps of Engineers. Additionally, a number of these reservoirs are owned by ...