Living in Mountain Meadows, CO: what to set up and who to call
Mountain Meadows has no town government of its own, so Boulder County runs its elections and most services, and its children attend Boulder Valley School District RE-2. The Mountain Meadows water system has a clean five-year EPA record, but its latest lead result, 6.3 ppb, was higher than 94% of similar systems’ (the action level is 15).
I’m new in town
What to set up in Mountain Meadows, 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 Mountain Meadows.
Power comes from Xcel Energy
Xcel Energy (Public Service Co. of Colorado), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Mountain Meadows. Its homes paid an average of 15.9¢ per kWh in 2025, about $93 a month (its average across Colorado).
Start or move service: xcelenergy.com · (800) 895-4999
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Mountain Meadows water system
The Mountain Meadows water system supplies Mountain Meadows: about 0% of residents live in its service area. About 100% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water (EPA lists Cavern Springs Mhc, LLC as seller) and serves 115 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 77% of the 15,074 systems serving 101–500 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 6.3 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 94% 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. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. CO0123518.
Which providers serve Mountain Meadows
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Mountain Meadows, 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 Mountain Meadows’ trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Mountain Meadows.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Mountain Meadows is in Boulder Valley School District RE-2.
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
Mountain Meadows is unincorporated, so Boulder 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.
Mountain Meadows is in ZIP code 80302
ZIP codes where Mountain Meadows residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Mountain Meadows | ZIP’s residents in Mountain Meadows |
|---|---|---|---|
| 80302 | Boulder, CO | 100% | 1% |
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 Mountain Meadows
Who supplies Mountain Meadows’ drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Mountain Meadows water system (EPA ID CO0123518). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 77% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 6.3 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Mountain Meadows?
Xcel Energy (Public Service Co. of Colorado), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 15.9¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What ZIP codes are in Mountain Meadows?
80302. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Mountain Meadows in?
Boulder Valley School District RE-2.
How do I register to vote in Mountain Meadows?
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 Boulder County Clerk and Recorder, Elections Division. 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.