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I live in Pueblo, Colorado. Elevation about 4300 feet. Sometimes called the "Buckle of the Banana Belt" in reference to our central location on the Arkansas River valley and the generally mild year-round climate.

Your location "nearer the source" of the Arkansas River suggests the areas of Salida and Leadville, about twice the elevation of Pueblo.

I have experienced scorpions as far west as Penrose and Canon City on the Arkansas River. I have dealt with rattlesnakes as far up the Arkansas River canyon as Salida.

Transplanted Californians and Texans seem to prefer the higher elevations. I'm not sure which might compete with scorpions or rattlesnakes as neighbors.

Yes, twice the elevation and then some. After working the desert all those years, I have killed over 100 rattlers. That being said, the largest rattler I ever killed, six and a half feet long, was killed above Canon City. The occasional rattler shows up in Salida. No transplant here, I have the great distinction of being the valedictorian of my class at Twin Lakes. Every time I mention my academic accolades, my wife tells anyone in the area that I got the award because I was the only kid in my class, which I was but I am still claiming the prize.