Mountain Living Checklist (from Jefferson County)

Note: Although the Jeffco site was created for and is specific to Jefferson County, the general information is

helpful those moving to mountain communities in Clear Creek County.

4 Septic Tanks need to be pumped on average about once every two years. 

4 This time can be more or less depending on the number of people living in the home. Two years is a safe number. 

4 Septic tank pumping companies can be located in the Yellow pages as well as our Services Directory. 

4 Failure to pump your septic tank can cause damage to your system which can be expensive to correct.

link to Colorado Division of Water Resources Ground Water Information and Well Permitting

Water Education Information from the Jeffco Planning & Zoning Site

Water Smarts: A Homeowner's Guide to Mountain Groundwater

Easy Ways To Conserve Water

Living at High Altitude

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High Altitude Cooking Tips

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High Altitude: Acclimatization and Illnesses

Living with Wildfire

Community Wildfire Protection Implementation Plan for FLOYD HILL AREA to include Floyd Hill, Beaver Brook & Saddleback (3MB pdf)  

Listed below are some useful sites for wildfire information:

Firewise
http://www.firewise.org

Smokey Bear
http://www.smokeybear.com

US Forest Service Rocky Mountain Region
http://gacc.nifc.gov/rmcc/

Fire Safe Council
http://www.firesafecouncil.com

Colorado State Forest Service
http://www.lamar.colostate.edu/~firewise

FEMA
http://www.fema.gov/reg-viii

National Interagency Fire Center
http://www.nifc.gov

Bureau of Land Management
http://www.blm.gov

FEMA

http://www.fema.gov/hazard/wildfire/index.shtm

Creating Wildfire – Defensible Zones

http://www.ext.colostate.edu/PUBS/natres/06302.pdf

Landscaping & Construction Check List http://www.firewise.org/usa/files/fwlistsz.pdf

Mountain Pine Beetle

http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/insect/05528.pdf

IPS Beetles

http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/insect/05558.html

Colorado Noxious Weeds

http://www.ext.colostate.edu/ptlk/2103.html

Gardening on Floyd Hill

Keep Kids Alive, Drive 25

http://www.keepkidsalivedrive25.org/

Defensible Driving – 70 tips to live by

http://www.roadtripamerica.com/DefensiveDriving/Drive-Safe-With-Uncle-Bob.htm