Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 4.0Living in Howard, CO: what to set up and who to call
Howard has no town government of its own, so Fremont County runs its elections and most services, and its children attend Fremont RE-3. Power in Howard comes from Sangre De Cristo Elec Assn, a cooperative utility rather than a private company.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Howard, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.
Power, water and internet
Who to call to start service at a new address in Howard.
Power comes from Sangre De Cristo Elec Assn
Sangre De Cristo Elec Assn (Sangre De Cristo Elec Assn Inc), a cooperative utility, serves all of Howard.
Start or move service: www.myelectric.coop · (719) 395-2412
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Mountain Vista Village water system
The Mountain Vista Village water system supplies Howard: about 3% of residents live in its service area. About 97% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water and serves 100 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 11,392 systems serving <=100 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 0.9 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 1.0 ppb. That’s higher than 54% of similar systems’ latest results.
The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report
EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. CO0108600.
Which providers serve Howard
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Howard, the share of addresses that can get 100/20 Mbps and the share with fiber, with the map’s “as of” date.
Source to come: FCC Broadband Data Collection.
We don’t have Howard’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Howard.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Howard (98%) is in Fremont RE-3.
Test scores and every school: see Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
No town hall: the county runs things
Howard is unincorporated, so Fremont County is the local government.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Sep 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Howard is in ZIP code 81233
ZIP codes where Howard residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Howard | ZIP’s residents in Howard |
|---|---|---|---|
| 81233 | Howard, CO | 100% | 97% |
A few homes fall in 81223.
Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.
Getting around, the ER and the library
One line each; the subject pages have the rest.
ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Howard
Who supplies Howard’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Mountain Vista Village water system (EPA ID CO0108600). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 78% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.9 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Howard?
Sangre De Cristo Elec Assn (Sangre De Cristo Elec Assn Inc), a cooperative utility.
What ZIP codes are in Howard?
81233. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Howard in?
Fremont RE-3.
How do I register to vote in Howard?
In Colorado you can register online until 8 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 8 days before). Elections here are run by the Fremont County Clerk and Recorder. Check your registration at sos.state.co.us.
Sources & dates
Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.
- Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
- Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
- Trash: OpenStreetMap, Geofabrik extract of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
- ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
- Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
- Registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
- Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
- Internet (FCC): pending.