Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 3.0Living in Pitkin, CO: what to set up and who to call
Power in Pitkin comes from Gunnison County Elec Assn., a cooperative utility rather than a private company. For an emergency, Gunnison Valley Hospital is the closest ER, 22.5 miles away.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Pitkin, 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 Pitkin.
Power comes from Gunnison County Elec Assn.
Gunnison County Elec Assn. (Gunnison County Elec Assn.), a cooperative utility, serves all of Pitkin.
Start or move service: gcea.coop · (800) 726-3523
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from North Valley Subdivision Utility Company
North Valley Subdivision Utility Company supplies Pitkin: about 33% of residents live in its service area. Ski Town Village serves another 12%. About 57% 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 79 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 0.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. Results below detection are reported as 0, so 0 doesn’t mean no lead at any tap.
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. CO0126580.
Which providers serve Pitkin
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Pitkin, 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 Pitkin’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Pitkin.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Pitkin is in Gunnison Watershed School District RE-1J.
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.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Sep 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Pitkin is in ZIP code 81241
ZIP codes where Pitkin residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Pitkin | ZIP’s residents in Pitkin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 81241 | Pitkin, CO | 100% | 55% |
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 Pitkin
Who supplies Pitkin’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
North Valley Subdivision Utility Company (EPA ID CO0126580). 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 0.0 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Pitkin?
Gunnison County Elec Assn. (Gunnison County Elec Assn.), a cooperative utility.
What ZIP codes are in Pitkin?
81241. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Pitkin in?
Gunnison Watershed School District RE-1J.
How do I register to vote in Pitkin?
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 Gunnison 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.