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Chaffee County Climatic Data
| Summer Average High Temperature (July) | 81.4° F |
| Summer Average Low Temperature (July) | 47.3° F |
| Winter Average High Temperature (January) | 40.2° F |
| Winter Average Low Temperature (January) | 10.7° F |
| Growing Season | 113 days |
| Annual Rainfall | 10.95" |
| Annual Snowfall | 41.1" |
| Average Wind Velocity | W 7 MPH |
| Number of Frost Free Days | 113 days |
| Number of Sunshine Days | 300 days |
| Elevation | 7,950 ft above sea level |
A Sport Ute is not an Indian athlete. It’s slang for a Sport Utility Vehicle.
Human Services
Area Agency on Aging Public Health Nurse Alliance Against Domestic Abuse Chaffee County Department of Social Services |
Buena Vista Community Center Social Security Information: (800) 772-1213 Medicare Claims: (800) 332-6681 Housing Chaffee County Veterans Services Officer |
Public Safety & Fire Protection
Buena Vista Public Safety |
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| Police Chief Jimmy Tidwell 123 Linderman Ave. (719) 395-8654 |
County Sheriff Tim Walker (719) 539-2596 |
Colorado State Patrol (719) 539-2596 |
Buena Vista Volunteer Fire Department Fire Chief: Darrell Pratt |
Area Post Offices & Zip Codes
| Buena Vista Post Office | 110 Brookdale Ave. | 395-2445 | 81211 |
| Nathrop Post Office | 22617 Hwy 285 | 395-2720 | 81236 |
| Salida Post Office | 310 D St. | 539-2548 | 81201 |
| Poncha Springs | 114 S. Main St. | 539-2117 | 81242 |
| Granite | 81228 | ||
| Leadville | 130 W. 5 | 486-1667 | 80461 |
| Fairplay | 517 Hathaway | 836-2423 | 80440 |
| Hartsel | 12771 Hwy 24 | 836-2617 | 80449 |
| Twin Lakes | 81251 |
Utilities
Comfurt Gas Company Town of Buena Vista Buena Vista Sanitation District |
Qwest Sangre De Cristo Electric Assn Inc |
Public Library
Buena Vista Public Library
131 Linderman Ave. ~ PO Box 2019
(719) 395-8700
Mon. through Fri. 9am - 7pm
Sat. 9am - 2pm
Closed Sundays & Holidays
Director: Gail Nottingham
Colorado library cards issued and accepted - Internet access.
The library's collection contains books, periodical, audio books
and videos cassettes. A collection of reference material and information
on local trails, hot springs and camping
Airport Facilities
Central Colorado Regional Airport
27960 County Road 319 / PO Box 2002
Buena Vista, CO 81211
Central Colorado Regional Airport, only one mile south from the center of town, has good approaches clear of the mountains, an 8,000 foot high weight capacity runway, hard pad parking, AWOS, GPS approach, 100LL, Jet A, Oxygen, hanger and tie downs for transients, catering available, courtesy and rental cars and much more. Fast turnaround time is our specialty. Not familiar with the mountains, call ahead and we will help you with your flight planning. When the major Front Range airports are below minimums AEJ is often available as an alternate for IFR flight plans. See www.buenavistaco.gov for more information
Buena Vista Correctional Facility
The Buena Vista Correctional Complex (BVCC) is located approximately one mile south of Buena Vista, Colorado, in the shadow of the Collegiate Peaks Mountain Range.
The complex is comprised of three separate components: the main facility which houses 871 medium and close custody inmates; the Buena Vista Minimum Center (BVMC) which houses 288 minimum-restrictive custody inmates; and the Colorado Correctional Alternative Program (CCAP) or Boot Camp which houses 100 minimum custody inmates.
The complex was originally opened in 1892 as the Colorado State Reformatory (CSR), a facility for juvenile offenders. The reformatory was built in 1891 by 37 inmates from the Colorado State Penitentiary. During the early years, all able-bodied inmates worked primarily in ranching assignments on the 1,000 acres appropriated to the reformatory. By 1922, CSR housed 209 boys in a facility designed for 106. A small medical unit was built in 1920 and in 1947 an academic school program was inaugurated.
The reformatory evolved from a juvenile facility to a medium custody adult prison in 1978 and was renamed Buena Vista Correctional Facility. A modular component was added in 1984 and a boot camp facility in 1991. It was renamed the Buena Vista Correctional Complex (BVCC) in 1999 as a result of its multi custody status. Today, the BVCC is one of the state's largest correctional facilities with a capacity of 1,259. The complex is approximately 65% double bunked.
The main facility consists of five housing units: Segregation, Admission & Orientation, South Unit, East Unit, and North Unit. The segregation unit houses administrative segregation, punitive segregation, hold close, removal from population, and mental health observation inmates. Admission and Orientation houses newly received inmates, restricted privileges inmates, and general population.The other three units inside the main facility house general population inmates and provide a parity of conditions. An internal incentive program is utilized in these units. The BVCC main facility houses close, medium and minimum custody inmates in the general population.
The Buena Vista Correctional Complex is unique in the availability of inmate programs. Ten academic classes and eleven vocational programs are offered. In addition, inmates can find assignments with the correctional Industries Leather Shops, in institutional support services, in food services, janitorial or clerical. BVCC houses Colorado's only inmate operated fish rearing unit, producing 225,000 trout yearly. This highly successful program is the result of a cooperative effort with the Division of Wildlife. BVCC's Vocational Heavy Equipment and the Division of Wildlife have agreed to rehabilitate the headwaters of the South Platte River in South Park.
BVCC has been involved in several remodeling projects over the past year including the East Unit relocking project, a new medical building and the BVMC replacement project.
BVMC is situated within the security perimeter fence of the complex. Currently housing 288 inmates, the minimum center consists of three multi-story housing units, new programs and administrative/security buildings recreation facilities. This unit supplies Correctional Work Program (CWP) inmates to the surrounding communities to provide a myriad of services. In addition, the CWP sign shop fabricates signs for multiple agencies. The program saves the taxpayers of Chaffee, Lake, and park counties over $600,000 per year, based on in-kind services.
The CCAP or Boot Camp houses Colorado's only shock incarceration program for adults. This highly cost-effective program has reduced prison bed costs by $8.4 million since its inception in 1991.
The BVCC mission is to provide a lawful, secure correctional framework within an environment of humane treatment and professionally applied standards and procedures; to provide offenders with programs that enhance management control and provide self improvement opportunities to assist them in becoming law abiding citizens; to provide continuing improving quality of services to all stakeholders.
The complex has a proud heritage of attracting quality, highly professional staff at all levels. The management believes in empowering staff in the decision making process and in the effectiveness of a culturally diverse workforce. Career opportunities exist in Custody and Control (housing and security), clerical, academic and vocational education, the business office, Clinical Services (medical, dental or mental health), food services, Physical Plant (maintenance), laundry, warehouse and other more specialized area. Call the Public Information Officer at (719) 395-7203 for more information.
For the first few months you live here, you’ll be early for work,
appointments and social engagements.
A herd of elk may be your morning work hour traffic.
You can get anywhere in town in four minutes or less;
so relax and enjoy the scenery!!
Collegiate Peaks Golf Course
28775 Fairway Drive
Buena Vista, CO 81211
(719) 395-8189
www.collegiatepeaksgolf.com
Golfers - at this altitude your drive will carry further . . .
And so will your slice!
Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area
The Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area is a landmark cooperative effort by the US Bureau of Land Management and the Colorado Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation. By pooling efforts to manage public lands and recreation on the Arkansas River, the agencies can give visitors the best of all worlds along this legendary river and care for recreation and natural resources at the same time.
The Arkansas River begins its 1,400-mile journey to the Mississippi among some of the loftiest peaks in the Rockies, including 14,443 ft Mount Elbert, the highest mountain in Colorado. In its first 125 miles, the river tumbles 5,000 vertical feet, through open valleys, among the granite boulders of Brown Canyon between the 1000 ft walls of the Royal Gorge. It also flows by the valley towns of Buena Vista, Salida, Canon City, Florence and on to Pueblo, nearly 150 miles from the beginning of the Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area.
For more information, please contact:
Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area
PO Box 126
Salida, CO 81201
(719) 539-7289
www.parks.co.us/Parks/ArkansasHeadwaters/
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