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City of Lamar and Prowers County Profile
“Prowers County represents rural life at its finest. The wholesome vitality of our friendly, attractive communities reflect the diversity of our agricultural heritage coupled with the opportunities of modern technology and exportation of renewable energy.”
The City of Lamar (County Seat of Prowers County) serves as the industrial and retail center for the southeastern region of Colorado. Located in the midst of the fertile Arkansas River Valley, our surrounding agricultural landscape features wide-open spaces with panoramic views of irrigated corn and alfalfa fields, as well as dryland wheat fields. This semi-arid climate is very favorable to livestock production and offers an average of 340 days of sunshine annually.
City Contacts
Colorado Green (Shell WindEnergy and PPM Energy) has located the fifth largest wind farm in the world in the southern part of Prowers County. Northern Prowers County is the location of Excel Energy’s AC/DC Electricity Converter Station, one of the seven in the nation. Plans are underway to make southeast Colorado the northern hemisphere location of an observatory of high energy cosmic rays, which have strong potential as a renewable energy source. The entire region of Prowers County and Southeastern Colorado is connected with high speed redundant fiber optic networks providing T-1,DS-3 & OC-3+ speeds.
LOCATION
Southeast Colorado (see map) Latitude: 38° 04’ N Longitude: 102° 37’ W; Elevation: 3,622
DISTANCE TO MAJOR CITIES
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Population
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Miles
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City
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5,000 – 9,999
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60
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La Junta, CO
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10,000 – 49,999
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103
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Garden City, KS
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126
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Pueblo, CO
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100,000 – 1 Million
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150
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Colorado Springs, CO
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237
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Amarillo, TX
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Over 1 Million
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200
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Denver, CO
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POPULATION
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1998
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1999
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2000
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2002
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2010 Projected
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City of Lamar
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8,748
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8,841
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8,869
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8,724
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9,668
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Prowers County
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14,003
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14,122
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14,483
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14,237
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15.374
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CLIMATE
- Average January Temperature 36° F Average Annual Snowfall 27.0 in.
- Average July Temperature 83° F Climate Semi-Arid/Mild
- Average Annual Precipitation 14.8 in. Topography High Plains
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