Septic records and services in Monte Vista, Colorado

In Rio Grande County, Colorado, which covers Monte Vista, we have measured 2,484 parcels on septic and 4,011 on sewer. That is a county measurement. We do not hold a septic count for Monte Vista on its own and this page does not estimate one.

What Monte Vista is, in the records

Monte Vista is a city in Rio Grande County, Colorado. The Census Bureau puts its internal point at 37.57854, -106.149915 and its land area at 2.64 square miles. Septic permitting and record keeping happen at the county level, not the city level, which is why every figure below is attributed to the county and linked back to the county page it came from.

What we hold for the county that covers Monte Vista

Our collection for Rio Grande County, Colorado is small, at 10 septic records. Treat it as a starting point for a Monte Vista property rather than a search that settles the question. The county is genuinely mixed: 2,484 of 6,495 classified parcels are on septic and the rest are sewered. Which side of that line a Monte Vista address falls on is worth establishing before anything else. The county publishes a records portal that we were able to search without creating an account, which makes checking a specific parcel something you can do yourself in a few minutes.

Start from who you are

Septic is one subject with very different jobs inside it. These go straight to the page that does yours.

Questions people ask

Does Parcel Perfect have a septic count for Monte Vista?

No. We measure septic and sewer at parcel level and roll it up by county. In Rio Grande County, Colorado, which covers Monte Vista, we have measured 2,484 parcels on septic and 4,011 on sewer. That is a county measurement. We do not hold a septic count for Monte Vista on its own and this page does not estimate one.

Which county is Monte Vista in?

Monte Vista is in Rio Grande County, Colorado.

Records and services around Monte Vista

• Rio Grande County septic records — what we hold, and where the county keeps the originals
• Colorado septic regulations — the rules that actually bind here, which no page on this site restates from memory
• Colorado septic records index

ZIP codes that overlap Monte Vista

From the Census ZCTA-to-place relationship file, with the share of Monte Vista’s land area that falls in each. A ZIP is not a place boundary and the two only ever partly agree, which is exactly why both pages exist.

• ZIP 81144 (100% of the city)

Nearest other places

Straight-line distance from the Census internal point of Monte Vista.

• Center — 12.1 mi
• Del Norte — 13.1 mi
• Alamosa — 16.6 mi
• Alamosa East — 18.4 mi
• Hooper — 18.9 mi
• Capulin — 20.6 mi
• La Jara — 23.5 mi
• Gerrard — 24.3 mi
• Alpine — 25.0 mi
• Sanford — 26.1 mi
• South Fork — 27.7 mi
• Romeo — 29.5 mi
• Manassa — 30.3 mi
• Moffat — 32.3 mi
• Conejos — 34.7 mi
• Saguache — 35.1 mi
• Antonito — 35.5 mi
• Blanca — 36.2 mi
• Crestone — 37.9 mi
• San Acacio — 41.0 mi
• City of Creede — 46.3 mi
• Bonanza — 49.6 mi
• Coaldale — 56.7 mi
• Howard — 59.8 mi
• Cotopaxi — 60.4 mi

Get the septic design for a property here

Parcel Perfect generates a code-shaped septic design and as-built style drawing for a parcel from the records and site data we hold, and shows every parcel we have classified as septic or sewer on one map. Both are open to use for any parcel in Rio Grande County, Colorado.

Open the parcel map and design tool