Aspen Environment Facts

Air Quality, Water Quality, Climate and more

Aspen Air Quality Pitkin County
.	Good Days	Moderate Days	Unhealthy for Sensitive Persons Days	Unhealthy Days	Very Unhealthy Days
2017	123	0	0	0	0
2016	122	0	0	0	0
2015	122	2	0	0	0
2014	115	0	0	0	0
2013	276	24	0	0	0

Aspen Water Quality Roaring Fork Watershed
.	% Good	% Threatened	% Impaired
2014	na	na	na
2012	5	0	95
2010	100	0	0
2008	100	0	0
2006	100	0	0
2004	100	0	0
2002	98	0	2

Aspen Recreation
.	# of Parks	# of Parks (99 City Avg)
National Parks, Historic Sites, etc. (managed by National Park Service)	Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument plus 2 more	7
National Campgrounds, Lodges, etc. (other federal agency-managed sites)	78	26
State Parks, Sites, etc.	6	11

Aspen Climate (1971-2000)
.	.	99 City Avg
January - Avg Low Temp	7 F	27 F
January - Avg Daily Temp	21 F	37 F
July - Avg Daily Temp	62 F	74 F
July - Avg High Temp	77 F	86 F
Avg Annual Precipitation	23 in	35 in

Aspen Elevation
8,163 feet	GPTR 99 City Average 1,652 feet

Aspen Natural Hazards
.	Risk Level	99 City Average
Total Hazard Risk	Lower	Moderate
Earthquake	1%	10.9%
Tsunami	No Risk	No Risk
Hurricane	0	10
Flood	Low	Very High
Tornado	Very Low	Low
Volcano	No Risk	No Risk
Wildfire	High	Low

Aspen Man-Made Hazards (Nuclear)
Nuclear Power Stations (# Reactors)	Distance from City	GPTR 99 City Average
Palo Verde (3)	510 miles	50% of cities are within 100 miles of at least one nuclear station

Aspen Heating and Cooling Degree Days (avg annual)
.	.	99 City Avg
Total Degree Days	8,870	5,915
HDD	8,835	4,662
CDD	35	1,253

EPA Hazardous Material Cleanup Sites
(Aspen Area) Aspen Area EPA Cleanup Sites

Legend: Small green circles (older style maps) or multi-colored circles (newer style maps: click here for legend) indicate 1)Superfund Sites 2)Federal Facilities 3)RCRA Corrective Action Sites and 4)Brownfields Properties (EPA hazardous material cleanup sites defined at Environment link)

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