Full Definition of DETACHMENT. 1. : the action or process of detaching: separation. 2. a: the dispatch of a body of troops or part of a fleet from the main body for a special mission or service b: the part so dispatched c: a permanently organized separate unit usually smaller than a platoon and of special composition.
Northern parts of Montana, North Dakota and Minnesota are in the coldest zone in the U.S., Zone 3. Colorado Springs is in Zone 5b. Black Forest is in Zone 5a. Teller County, like most of our mountain areas, is in Zone 4. But there are other important factors that affect our growing season. Some 40 years ago Sunset magazine developed zone maps which cover Colorado and 12 other Western states.
That is so interesting that 80906 is now considered in zone 6A. I took a look at a zip code map for Colorado Springs and played with the USDA map site a bit. It says 80906, 80913, 80910, and 80911 are all zone 6A (these are the zones east of you), but then the zone directly south of you is still zone 5B.