Whom We Serve

  • 542 square miles.

  • Population 4,874.

  • Diverse landscape: jagged mountains including two fourteeners and dozens of thirteeners, two designated wilderness areas, headwaters and the valley of Uncompahgre River, high mesas of the Uncompahgre Plateau.

  • Tourism is the primary economic driver, attracting visitors from around the world for outdoor/recreation activities in all four seasons.

  • High mountain highway accidents, agriculture, and mining in remote mountainous areas are also areas of need for our services.

  • Mutual aid to surrounding counties and Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park.

Ouray County

Our Neighborhood in Winter

Here’s a nice drone shot panning up towards Red Mountain Pass from Ouray.

Map of Our Primary Service Area