Two Buttes, Colorado
Two Buttes, Colorado | |
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 Two Buttes Library (2015) | |
 Location within Baca County and Colorado | |
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| Country | United States |
| State | Colorado |
| County | Baca County[1] |
| Incorporated | Oct 19, 1911[3] |
| Government | |
| • Type | Statutory Town[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.25 sq mi (0.64 km2) |
| • Land | 0.25 sq mi (0.64 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 4,105 ft (1,251 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 34 |
| • Density | 140/sq mi (53/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−7 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−6 (MDT) |
| ZIP Code | 81084 |
| Area code | 719 |
| FIPS code | 08-79270 [2] |
| GNIS ID | 2413409 [2] |
| Website | Town of Two Buttes |
Two Buttes is a statutory town located in Baca County, Colorado, United States.[2] The population was 34 at the 2020 census.[5]
Geography
[edit | edit source]Two Buttes is located in northeast Baca County. The hill known as Two Buttes is 8 miles (13 km) to the northwest of the town, overlooking Two Buttes Reservoir on Two Butte Creek, a tributary of the Arkansas River.
The town of Two Buttes is on State Highway 116 and is 23 miles (37 km) by road northeast of Springfield, the Baca County seat. East on Highway 116 it is 20 miles (32 km) to the Kansas border.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.2 square miles (0.52 km2), all of it land.
Climate
[edit | edit source]The Köppen Climate system classifies the weather as semi-arid, abbreviated as BSk.[6]
| Climate data for Two Buttes, Colorado | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 8 (46) |
10 (50) |
14 (58) |
20 (68) |
26 (79) |
33 (91) |
40 (104) |
33 (91) |
28 (83) |
22 (72) |
14 (57) |
9 (48) |
21 (69) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −9 (16) |
−7 (20) |
−3 (26) |
2 (36) |
8 (46) |
13 (56) |
17 (62) |
16 (60) |
11 (51) |
4 (39) |
−3 (26) |
−7 (19) |
3 (38) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 7.6 (0.3) |
10 (0.4) |
20 (0.8) |
33 (1.3) |
56 (2.2) |
58 (2.3) |
51 (2) |
46 (1.8) |
30 (1.2) |
20 (0.8) |
13 (0.5) |
10 (0.4) |
350 (13.9) |
| Source: Weatherbase [7] | |||||||||||||
Demographics
[edit | edit source]| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 | 93 | — | |
| 1930 | 158 | 69.9% | |
| 1940 | 158 | 0.0% | |
| 1950 | 121 | −23.4% | |
| 1960 | 111 | −8.3% | |
| 1970 | 138 | 24.3% | |
| 1980 | 84 | −39.1% | |
| 1990 | 63 | −25.0% | |
| 2000 | 67 | 6.3% | |
| 2010 | 43 | −35.8% | |
| 2020 | 34 | −20.9% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census | |||
Notable people
[edit | edit source]- Clare Dunn, (b. 1987), country music artist
See also
[edit | edit source]Lua error in mw.title.lua at line 392: bad argument #2 to 'title.new' (unrecognized namespace name 'Portal').Memoir, An Owl on Every Post, by Sanora Babb: description of Two Buttes in 1913 from homesteader perspective (see also Sanora Babb ).
References
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- ^ Climate Summary for Two Buttes, Colorado
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). Retrieved on September 5, 2013.
External links
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