Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 4.0Living in Silver Cliff, CO: what to set up and who to call
Tap water in most of Silver Cliff comes from Round Mountain WSD, 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 Silver Cliff 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 Silver Cliff, 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 Silver Cliff.
Power comes from Sangre De Cristo Elec Assn
Sangre De Cristo Elec Assn (Sangre De Cristo Elec Assn Inc), a cooperative utility, serves 73.9% of Silver Cliff residents.
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 Round Mountain WSD
Round Mountain WSD supplies Silver Cliff: about 71% of residents live in its service area. About 29% 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 1,950 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 7,966 systems serving 1,001–3,300 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. The highest in five years was 1.0 ppb. 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. CO0114500.
5 home internet providers serve Silver Cliff
64% of 395 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 0% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| CenturyLink | DSL | 64% | 40/3 |
| Visionary Broadband | Fixed wireless | 95% | 25/3 |
| Hilltop Broadband | Fixed wireless | 94% | 50/15 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 64% | 100/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 8% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
The nearest public drop-off is 4 miles away
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Silver Cliff.
Custer County Recycles Center
2250 Rosita Road, CO · run by High Country Recycling
This isn’t Silver Cliff’s own facility. Whether Silver Cliff residents may use it is the town’s rule: check silvercliffco.com.
OpenStreetMap, as of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Silver Cliff is in Custer County School District C-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.
Silver Cliff is in ZIP code 81252
ZIP codes where Silver Cliff residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Silver Cliff | ZIP’s residents in Silver Cliff |
|---|---|---|---|
| 81252 | Westcliffe, CO | 100% | 14% |
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 Silver Cliff
Who supplies Silver Cliff’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Round Mountain WSD (EPA ID CO0114500). 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 Silver Cliff?
Sangre De Cristo Elec Assn (Sangre De Cristo Elec Assn Inc), a cooperative utility.
What internet providers serve Silver Cliff?
CenturyLink, Visionary Broadband, Hilltop Broadband, T-Mobile, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Silver Cliff?
81252. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Silver Cliff in?
Custer County School District C-1.
How do I register to vote in Silver Cliff?
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 Custer 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 National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.