Derry Mining Site Camp · Photo: Donald J Holmgren · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Twin Lakes, CO: what to set up and who to call
Twin Lakes has no town government of its own, so Lake County runs its elections and most services, and its children attend Lake County School District R-1. Power in Twin Lakes 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 Twin Lakes, 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 Twin Lakes.
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 Twin Lakes.
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 Mt Elbert Wa water system
The Mt Elbert Wa water system supplies Twin Lakes: about 20% of residents live in its service area. About 80% 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 170 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–Dec 2025, was 2.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 4.5 ppb. That’s higher than 70% 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. CO0133500.
Which providers serve Twin Lakes
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Twin Lakes, 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 Twin Lakes’ trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Twin Lakes.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Twin Lakes is in Lake County 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.
No town hall: the county runs things
Twin Lakes is unincorporated, so Lake 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.
Twin Lakes spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Twin Lakes residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Twin Lakes | ZIP’s residents in Twin Lakes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 81251 | Twin Lakes, CO | 60% | 51% |
| 80461 | Leadville, CO | 40% | 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 Twin Lakes
Who supplies Twin Lakes’ drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Mt Elbert Wa water system (EPA ID CO0133500). 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 2.0 ppb (Jan–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Twin Lakes?
Sangre De Cristo Elec Assn (Sangre De Cristo Elec Assn Inc), a cooperative utility.
What ZIP codes are in Twin Lakes?
81251 (60%), 80461 (40%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Twin Lakes in?
Lake County School District R-1.
How do I register to vote in Twin Lakes?
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 Lake 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.