Huerfano County
Author(s): Mark Peterson, Dave Silverman
County Seat: Walsenburg
Size: 1,584 square miles
Low Elevation: 4,225 ft. - Cucharas River on the Pueblo border
High Elevation: 14,320 ft. - NE Ridge of Blanca Peak
Best Birds: Brown Pelican (2002), Painted Bunting (2002)
Checklist: Huerfano County Checklist
Introduction: The name of this county, pronounced "WAR-fa-no", comes from the Spanish word for "orphan", which was used to describe the lonely butte standing beside I-25 north of Walsenburg. Huerfano County contains nearly every Colorado habitat from the low dry grasslands in the east up to the tundra along its southwest boundary, but much of the county is private land, especially at the lower elevations.
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Cucharas Creek Road
Habitat: Spruce-Fir Forest, Aspen Grove, Streamside Willow, Stream, Krummholz, Alpine Tundra
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Greenhorn Peak
Habitat: Alpine Tundra, Krummholz, Spruce-Fir Forest
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Ideal Canyon Road
Habitat: Pinyon-Juniper Forest, Ponderosa Forest
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La Veta
Habitat: Urban/Suburban, Lowland Riparian, Pond/Lake/Reservoir
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Lathrop State Park
Habitat: Pinyon-Juniper Forest, Pond/Lake/Reservoir, Lowland Reservoir, Marsh, Yucca
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MacDonald's Reservoir
Habitat: Pond/Lake/Reservoir, Ponderosa Forest, Scrub Oak Forest
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Medano Pass Road (east side)
Habitat: Pond, Marsh, Pinyon-Juniper, Ponderosa Forest, Mixed-Conifer Forest, Aspen Grove
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Roberts Cordova Ranch (Huerfano section)
Habitat: Pinyon-Juniper Forest, Rimrock/Mesa, Grassland/Prairie, Cholla
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Santa Clara Creek
Habitat: Lowland Riparian, Pinyon-Juniper Forest
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Walsenburg
Habitat: Urban/Suburban, Stream, Lowland Riparian, Park/Cemetery
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