90 GAZETTEER OF COLORADO. 
Atlas sheet. 
Huerfano — Continued. 
and south by Las Animas County, and on the west by Cos- 
tilla and Saguache counties and Sangre de Cristo Range. 
The surface consists of rolling plains, with the exception 
of the western and a small portion of the northern bound- 
aries. The area is L,537 square miles, of which 3 percent, 
or 25,466 acres, wen 1 under cultivation in L900. The popu- 
lation in L900 was 8,395; and of Walsenburg, the county 
seat, 1,033. In L900 the average magnetic declination was 
13° 00 / east. The mean annual rainfall is about 14 inches, 
and the mean annual temperature 45° to 50°. 
Huerfano; lake in Pueblo County Nepesta, 
Huerfano; post village in Huerfano County on Denver and Rio 
Grande Railroad; altitude. 5,665 feet Walsenburg. 
Huerfano; river in Pueblo and Huerfano counties, a right-l <lM " ,UT ^- 
hand branch of Arkansas River. Nepesta. 
I Huerfano Park. 
Huerfano Canyon; village in Huerfano County Huerfano Park. 
Huerfano Park; open valley sloping south between Wet 
Mountains and Sangre de Cristo Range. 
Huerto; creek in Hinsdale County, a right-hand branch of 
Rio Piedra, tributary to San Juan River. 
Hugo; county scat of Lincoln County on Union Pacific Rail- 
road; altitude, 5,039 feet. 
Hugo; hill in Lincoln County; altitude. 5,300 feel Lin ion. 
Hukill; gulch in Clear Creek County, tributary to Clear Creek. / Idaho Springs Sp| 
I cial. 
Hulbert; station in PI Paso County, on Denver and Rio< rrande 
Railroad. 
Hull; station in Teller ( Jounty, on Florence and ( Jripple ( 'reek 
Railroad. 
Hulls Camp; village in Teller County f Cr[ ?$ e Creek B P1 
1 cial. 
Humbug; creek in Summit County, .1 right-hand branch ol'/Tenmile District 
Tenmile River, tributary to Snake River. I Special. 
Humboldt; peak in Sangre de Cristo Mountains, ( Juster County; 
altitude, I 1,044 feet. 
Humphrey; station in Pitkin County on Colorado Midland 
Railway; altitude, 10,203 feet. 
Hunchback; mountain in San Juan County: altitude, 13,133 
feet Needle Mountains. 
Hungerfoot; lake in Pueblo County Nepesta. 
Hunt; creek in Rio Blanco and Routt counties, a left-hand 
branch of Yampa River. 
Hunter; canyon in Pas Animas County, tributary to Apishapa 
River Spanish Peaks. 
Hunter; creek in Pitkin County, a right-hand branch of Roar- 
ing Pork, tributary to ( rrand River \spen. 
Hunter; hill in Gunnison County Crested Butte. 
Hunts; peak in Sangre de Cristo Mountains <>n boundary 
between Saguache and Fremonl counties; altitude, L2,446 
feet. 
