Local Wiki
La Plata County
Official County Record
Official source, last checked Sep 4, 2026- Board of County Commissioners meets
- 1st & 3rd Tuesdays = planning/land-use matters; 2nd & 4th Tuesdays = business/administrative matters — the exact standard start time is not confirmable from available official pages.
- Meeting location
- Not separately confirmed beyond the county building.
- Clerk and Recorder
- 970-382-6280 · Online contact form on website
- Agendas posted at
- http://laplatacountyco.iqm2.com/Citizens/Default.aspx
- Board of County Commissioners
- Matt Salka (District 3, Chair, term 2025-2028), Elizabeth Philbrick (District 1), Marsha Porter-Norton (District 2) — 1101 E 2nd Avenue, Durango, CO — 970-382-6219 — countyadmin@lpcgov.org.
Other Known Local Governments Here
These local governments — special-purpose districts, and smaller incorporated cities and towns — are known to exist in this area, but haven’t been individually researched yet, so there’s no meeting info or contacts on file. Listed here as a starting point if you want to look into one yourself; where we could confirm an official website, the name links there. More may exist here than are listed.
Cities (1)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, 2024 · Website links from the official .gov registry and the Census Bureau’s 2022 Government Units listing, checked September 2026
Towns (2)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, 2024 · Website links from the official .gov registry and the Census Bureau’s 2022 Government Units listing, checked September 2026
School districts (3)
- Bayfield School District No. 10jt-R
- Durango School District No. 9-R
- Ignacio School District No. 11jt
Source: NCES Common Core of Data (via Urban Institute), 2022 directory — regular school districts only
Emergency services districts (4)
- Durango Fire Protection District
- Fort Lewis Mesa Fire Protection District
- Los Pinos Fire Protection District
- Upper Pine River Fire Protection District
Source: Colorado DOLA GIS layer (Fire Protection Districts), county resolved via spatial join against Census county boundaries
Water & utility districts (5)
- Hermosa Sanitation District
- La Plata Archuleta Water District
- Loma Linda Sanitation District
- South Durango Sanitation District
- Ute Pass Water District
Source: Colorado DOLA GIS layer (Water and Sanitation Districts), county resolved via spatial join against Census county boundaries