Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 4.0Living in Sawpit, CO: what to set up and who to call
Tap water in Sawpit comes from the Town of Sawpit water system, which has a clean five-year EPA record (about 22% of systems its size had a health-based violation) and a latest lead result below detection. Power in Sawpit comes from San Miguel Power Assn, a cooperative utility rather than a private company.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Sawpit, 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 Sawpit.
Power comes from San Miguel Power Assn
San Miguel Power Assn (San Miguel Power Assn, Inc), a cooperative utility, serves all of Sawpit. Its homes paid an average of 16.8¢ per kWh in 2025, about $135 a month (its average across Colorado).
Start or move service: smpa.com · (877) 864-7311
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Town of Sawpit water system
The Town of Sawpit water system supplies almost all of Sawpit. It draws ground water and serves 59 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. CO0157700.
Which providers serve Sawpit
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Sawpit, 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 Sawpit’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Sawpit.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Sawpit is in Telluride School District R-1.
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.
Sawpit is in ZIP code 81430
ZIP codes where Sawpit residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Sawpit | ZIP’s residents in Sawpit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 81430 | Placerville, CO | 100% | 5% |
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 Sawpit
Who supplies Sawpit’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Town of Sawpit water system (EPA ID CO0157700). 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 Sawpit?
San Miguel Power Assn (San Miguel Power Assn, Inc), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 16.8¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What ZIP codes are in Sawpit?
81430. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Sawpit in?
Telluride School District R-1.
How do I register to vote in Sawpit?
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 San Miguel 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.