Map of Rico town

Rico is an incorporated small town in Dolores County, Colorado, United States. It was settled in 1879 as a silver mining center in the Pioneer Mining District; today it functions as a historic and tourism site. The population was 288 at the 2020 census. Its current form of government is that of a home rule municipality.

Rico is a name derived from Spanish meaning “rich”.

Rico town overview:
Name:	Rico town
LSAD Code:	43
LSAD Description:	town (suffix)
State:	Colorado
County:	Dolores County
Elevation:	8,825 ft (2,690 m)
Total Area:	0.68 sq mi (1.76 km²)
Land Area:	0.68 sq mi (1.76 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	288
Population Density:	420/sq mi (160/km²)
ZIP code:	81332
Area code:	970
FIPS code:	0864090
GNISfeature ID:	0204670
Website:	ricocolorado.gov

Online Interactive Map

Rico online map. Source: Basemap layers from Google Map, Open Street Map (OSM), Arcgisonline, Wmflabs. Boundary Data from Database of Global Administrative Areas.

Rico location map. Where is Rico town?

Rico location on the U.S. Map. Where is Rico town. — Rico location on the U.S. Map.

Rico location on the Colorado map. Where is Rico town. — Location of Rico in Colorado.

Rico Road Map

Rico city Satellite Map

Geography

Rico is located in eastern Dolores County at 37°41′32″N 108°1′51″W / 37.69222°N 108.03083°W / 37.69222; -108.03083 (37.692095, -108.030839), in the valley of the Dolores River. Colorado State Highway 145 passes through the town as it follows the river, leading southwest 48 miles (77 km) to Cortez and northeast over Lizard Head Pass 27 miles (43 km) to Telluride.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town of Rico has an area of 0.8 square miles (2.0 km), all of it land.

Climate

Rico experiences an alpine subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dfc) with long, cold, very snowy winters and short, cool summers due to the high altitude and high precipitation year-round due to orographic lift.