The Mountain Addressing System
The Mountain Addressing System, adopted by the Board
of County Commissioners in 1980 for the mountain
areas of Boulder County is based on a mile
point/street name system that is designed to
expedite emergency response.
An atlas of house locations has been issued to
all emergency agencies and is periodically updated by the Land
Use Department. It is important that you clearly display the
"green" address plate at your entrance. Please consider the
direction from which ambulance and fire vehicles will be
responding.
Your assigned address informs responding units how far
your driveway is from the starting point of your street. For example,
1138 Poorman Road is 1.138 miles up Poorman Road from Sunshine Canyon
Drive. Even numbers are on the right and odd numbers are on the left.
The green plate is intended to withstand all
weather conditions. It is recommended that a flathead nail that
is sufficiently smaller than the holes be used since the acrylic
material has a tendency to expand and contract. Also, that the
sign be posted on a feature that will not readily burn.
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