Dataset: Colorado DOLA District Boundaries

Dataset Publisher

Property	Description
name	Open Water Foundation
mbox	info@openwaterfoundation.org

Dataset Details

Overview

This dataset contains GeoJSON polygon features for Colorado Department of Local Affairs (DOLA) district boundaries that are relevant to water, including:

• fire protection districts
• metropolitan districts
• soil conservation districts
• water and sanitation districts

The layers are provided for the entire state and split by Colorado Divsion of Water Resources water districts to simplify use in applications and additional analysis.

Note that districts are entities that are created by statute and are not the same as service areas associated with municipal government. Therefore these layers do not provide a complete picture of services. Other datasets provide merged data, for example for treated water providers that include special districts and municipal utilities. The service areas for water, wastewater, and stormwater may be different within the same utility and therefore boundaries for each require separate processing.

Downloads

The following files can be downloaded or used directly. Files are available for various district types.

All Special Districts

Layer File	Description	View
co-special-districts.geojson	Colorado special district boundaries (GeoJSON).	View

Fire Protection Districts

Layer File	Description	View
co-fire-protection-districts.geojson	Colorado fire protection district boundaries for the entire state.	View
co-fire-protection-districts-waterdistrict3.geojson	Colorado fire protection district boundaries for Water District 3 (Poudre River).	View
co-fire-protection-districts-waterdistrict4.geojson	Colorado fire protection district boundaries for Water District 4 (Big Thompson River).	View
co-fire-protection-districts-waterdistrict5.geojson	Colorado fire protection district boundaries for Water District 5 (Saint Vrain Creek).	View
co-fire-protection-districts-waterdistrict6.geojson	Colorado fire protection district boundaries for Water District 6 (Boulder Creek).	View
co-fire-protection-districts-waterdistrict7.geojson	Colorado fire protection district boundaries for Water District 7 (Clear Creek).	View

Metropolitan Districts

Layer File	Description	View
co-metropolitan-districts.geojson	Colorado metropolitan district boundaries for the entire state.	View
co-metropolitan-districts-waterdistrict3.geojson	Colorado metropolitan district boundaries for Water District 3 (Poudre River).	View
co-metropolitan-districts-waterdistrict4.geojson	Colorado metropolitan district boundaries for Water District 4 (Big Thompson River).	View
co-metropolitan-districts-waterdistrict5.geojson	Colorado metropolitan district boundaries for Water District 5 (Saint Vrain Creek).	View
co-metropolitan-districts-waterdistrict6.geojson	Colorado metropolitan district boundaries for Water District 6 (Boulder Creek).	View
co-metropolitan-districts-waterdistrict7.geojson	Colorado metropolitan district boundaries for Water District 7 (Clear Creek).	View

Soil Conservation Districts

Layer File	Description	View
co-soil-conservation-districts.geojson	Colorado soil conservation district boundaries for the entire state.	View
co-soil-conservation-districts-waterdistrict3.geojson	Colorado soil conservation district boundaries for Water District 3 (Poudre River).	View
co-soil-conservation-districts-waterdistrict4.geojson	Colorado soil conservation district boundaries for Water District 4 (Big Thompson River).	View
co-soil-conservation-districts-waterdistrict5.geojson	Colorado soil conservation district boundaries for Water District 5 (Saint Vrain Creek).	View
co-soil-conservation-districts-waterdistrict6.geojson	Colorado soil conservation district boundaries for Water District 6 (Boulder Creek).	View
co-soil-conservation-districts-waterdistrict7.geojson	Colorado soil conservation district boundaries for Water District 7 (Clear Creek).	View

Water and Sanitation Districts

Layer File	Description	View
co-water-and-sanitation-districts.geojson	Colorado water and sanitation district boundaries for the entire state.	View
co-water-and-sanitation-districts-waterdistrict3.geojson	Colorado water and sanitation district boundaries for Water District 3 (Poudre River).	View
co-water-and-sanitation-districts-waterdistrict4.geojson	Colorado water and sanitation district boundaries for Water District 4 (Big Thompson River).	View
co-water-and-sanitation-districts-waterdistrict5.geojson	Colorado water and sanitation district boundaries for Water District 5 (Saint Vrain Creek).	View
co-water-and-sanitation-districts-waterdistrict6.geojson	Colorado water and sanitation district boundaries for Water District 6 (Boulder Creek).	View
co-water-and-sanitation-districts-waterdistrict7.geojson	Colorado water and sanitation district boundaries for Water District 7 (Clear Creek).	View

Workflow

See the owf-data-co-dola-district-boundaries GitHub repository for information.

Update Frequency and Versions

The dataset is updated periodically from the State Department of Local Affairs Office and a single latest version is published. In the future, dated snapshots may be published to help archive data to understand growth.

Credits

• The original datasets are downloaded from the DOLA GIS shapefile data.
• The Open Water Foundation created and maintains this derived dataset.

License

Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International

See Also

• Colorado Municipal Boundaries dataset,
• Colorado Water Provider Boundaries dataset, which includes a subset of the DOLA districts.