Garfield County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level greater than 4 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Highest Potential
Air pollution and air quality trends (lower is better)
AQI
PM10
Ozone
Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2010 was 28.0. This is about average.
Particulate Matter (PM10) [µ/m3] level in 2010 was 24.9. This is about average. There were 9 monitors within city limits.
Ozone [ppb] level in 2010 was 29.2. This is about average. Closest monitor was 7.1 miles away from the city center.
Drinking water stations with addresses in Silt and their reported violations in the past:
ASGARD SUBDIVISION WATER ASSOCIATION (Population served: 80, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
- MCL, Average - Between JAN-2006 and MAR-2006, Contaminant: Selenium. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (MAY-09-2006), St Violation/Reminder Notice (MAY-09-2006)
- MCL, Average - Between JAN-2005 and DEC-2005, Contaminant: Selenium. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (APR-18-2005), St Violation/Reminder Notice (APR-18-2005)
Past monitoring violations:
- Follow-up and Routine Tap Sampling - Between OCT-2004 and DEC-2025, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (APR-19-2005), St Violation/Reminder Notice (APR-19-2005)
- CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between JUL-01-2002 and NOV-05-2003, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (FEB-04-2003), St AO (w/o penalty) issued (MAY-30-2003), St Compliance achieved (NOV-05-2003)
- Monitoring, Repeat Major (TCR) - In APR-2000, Contaminant: Coliform (TCR). Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (JUN-08-2000), St Formal NOV issued (JUN-08-2000)
- 7 routine major monitoring violations
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 6.5%
(5.8% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 0.0% for Black residents, 9.9% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 0.0% for Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander residents, 6.6% for other race residents, 0.0% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
| This town: | 3.0 people | | Colorado: | 2.4 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This town: | 77.2% | | Whole state: | 64.0% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This town: | 5.9% | | Whole state: | 5.5% |
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.9% of all households
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Silt, CO
Silt compared to Colorado state average:
- Unemployed percentage below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage below state average.
- Renting percentage significantly below state average.
- Length of stay since moving in below state average.
- Number of rooms per house above state average.
- House age significantly below state average.
- Number of college students significantly below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.
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Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (78%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Wood (4%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
- Other fuel (3%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Garfield County Colorado:
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Religion statistics for Silt (based on Garfield County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 27.86%
| Here |  | 27.9% |
| USA |  | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Catholic Church | LDS (Mormon) Church | United Methodist Church | Assemblies of God | Southern Baptist Convention |
| Adherents | 44.1% | 9.8% | 7.3% | 4.7% | 4.4% |
| Congregations | 10.2% | 6.1% | 8.2% | 8.2% | 8.2% |
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| Name | New Testament Association Independent Baptist Churches/Other Fundamental Baptists | Lutheran Church | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | Churches of Christ | Other |
| Adherents | 4.2% | 4.2% | 3.4% | 2.7% | 15.2% |
| Congregations | 8.2% | 4.1% | 2.0% | 6.1% | 38.8% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center. Tables represent county-level data.
Food Environment Statistics:Number of grocery stores: 8 | Garfield County: | 1.50 / 10,000 pop. | | Colorado: | 1.50 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of supercenters and club stores: 1 | This county: | 0.19 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 0.15 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 1 | Garfield County: | 0.19 / 10,000 pop. | | Colorado: | 0.45 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 30 | Garfield County: | 5.62 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 3.13 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 81 | Here: | 15.18 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 8.99 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate: | This county: | 4.9% | | Colorado: | 5.3% |
Adult obesity rate: | Garfield County: | 15.4% | | Colorado: | 18.4% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate: | This county: | 8.3% | | State: | 9.6% |
| Local government employment and payroll (March 2007) |
| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Financial Administration |
1 | $4,379 | $52,548 | 0 | $0 |
| Other Government Administration |
7 | $29,200 | $50,057 | 7 | $886 |
| Judicial and Legal |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $748 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
7 | $26,150 | $44,829 | 0 | $0 |
| Police - Other |
1 | $2,185 | $26,220 | 0 | $0 |
| Streets and Highways |
4 | $11,624 | $34,872 | 0 | $0 |
| Health |
4 | $12,049 | $36,147 | 14 | $9,452 |
| Solid Waste Management |
1 | $2,852 | $34,224 | 0 | $0 |
| Sewerage |
1 | $3,168 | $38,016 | 0 | $0 |
| Parks and Recreation |
2 | $5,349 | $32,094 | 2 | $1,962 |
| Water Supply |
2 | $8,570 | $51,420 | 0 | $0 |
| Other and Unallocable |
1 | $4,393 | $52,716 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
31 | $109,919 | $42,549 | 24 | $13,048 |
Silt government finances in 2002:
- Bond Fund - Cash & Deposits: $3,600,000 ($1233.72)
- Charges - Sewerage: $138,000 ($47.29)
All Other: $55,000 ($18.85)
- Current Operations - Financial Administration: $415,000 ($142.22)
Police Protection: $374,000 ($128.17)
Water Utilities: $270,000 ($92.53)
Regular Highways: $228,000 ($78.14)
General - Other: $202,000 ($69.23)
Sewerage: $114,000 ($39.07)
Parks & Recreation: $102,000 ($34.96)
- Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $16,000 ($5.48)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $300,000 ($102.81)
- Long Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Water Utilities: $4,200,000 ($1439.34)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $4,500,000 ($1542.15)
- Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $92,000 ($31.53)
General Revenue, NEC: $68,000 ($23.30)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $2,900,000 ($993.83)
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $204,000 ($69.91)
- Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $900,000 ($308.43)
- State Intergovernmental - Highways: $62,000 ($21.25)
- Tax - Other Selective Sales: $258,000 ($88.42)
Total General Sales: $248,000 ($84.99)
NEC: $181,000 ($62.03)
Property: $108,000 ($37.01)
Public Utilities: $43,000 ($14.74)
Motor Vehicle License: $8,000 ($2.74)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $730,000 ($250.17)
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $18,000 ($6.17)
11.79% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($54,296 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 11.79% | | Colorado average: | 10.77% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
9.18% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($43,305 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 9.18% | | Colorado average: | 10.03% |
0.07% of residents moved to foreign countries ($374 average AGI)| Garfield County: | 0.07% | | Colorado average: | 0.12% |
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Silt:
- KRGS (690 AM; 1 kW; RIFLE, CO; Owner: WESTERN SLOPE COMMUNICATIONS, L.L.C.)
- KNZZ (1100 AM; 50 kW; GRAND JUNCTION, CO; Owner: M B C GRAND BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KJOL (620 AM; 10 kW; GRAND JUNCTION, CO; Owner: UNITED MINISTRIES)
- KGLN (980 AM; 1 kW; GLENWOOD SPRINGS, CO; Owner: COLORADO WEST BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KKZN (760 AM; 50 kW; THORNTON, CO; Owner: JACOR BROADCASTING OF COLORADO, INC.)
- KLTT (670 AM; 50 kW; COMMERCE CITY, CO; Owner: KLZ RADIO, INC.)
- KOA (850 AM; 50 kW; DENVER, CO; Owner: JACOR BROADCASTING OF COLORADO, INC.)
- KMXA (1090 AM; 50 kW; AURORA, CO; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC)
- KSKE (610 AM; 5 kW; VAIL, CO; Owner: PILGRIM COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- KRAI (550 AM; 5 kW; CRAIG, CO; Owner: WILD WEST RADIO, INC.)
- KLMO (1060 AM; 30 kW; LONGMONT, CO; Owner: PILGRIM COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- KUBC (580 AM; 5 kW; MONTROSE, CO; Owner: WOODLAND COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION)
- KALL (700 AM; 50 kW; NORTH SALT LAKE CITY, UT; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Silt:
- KKCH (92.7 FM; GLENWOOD SPRINGS, CO; Owner: AGM-ROCKY MOUNTAIN BROADCASTING I, L.L.C.)
- KDNK (90.5 FM; CARBONDALE, CO; Owner: CARBONDALE COMM. ACCESS RADIO, INC.)
- KLXV (91.9 FM; GLENWOOD SPRINGS, CO; Owner: EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION)
- KRVG (95.5 FM; GLENWOOD SPRINGS, CO; Owner: WESTERN SLOPE COMMUNICATIONS LLC)
- K247AD (97.3 FM; CARBONDALE, CO; Owner: PITKIN COUNTY TRANSLATOR)
- KZKS-FM2 (105.3 FM; CARBONDALE, CO; Owner: WESTERN SLOPE COMMUNICATIONS, L.L.C)
- KZKS (105.3 FM; RIFLE, CO; Owner: WESTERN SLOPE COMMUNICATIONS, L.L.C.)
- K276AI (103.1 FM; RIFLE, CO; Owner: MBC GRAND BROADCASTING, INC.)
- K256AD (99.1 FM; PALISADE, CO; Owner: NORTH FORK VALLEY PUBLIC RADIO, INC.)
- K205CK (88.9 FM; GRAND JUNCTION, CO; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
- K214CA (90.7 FM; GRAND JUNCTION, CO; Owner: FAMILY STATIONS, INC.)
- K210CE (89.9 FM; MESA, CO; Owner: EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION)
- K259AC (99.7 FM; GYPSUM, ETC., CO; Owner: COMMUNITY RADIO FOR NORTHERN COLORADO)
- KTUN (101.5 FM; EAGLE, CO; Owner: SALISBURY BROADCASTING COLORADO, LLC)
- KAYW (98.1 FM; MEEKER, CO; Owner: WESTERN SLOPE COMMUNICATIONS LLC)
- KQZR (102.5 FM; CRAIG, CO; Owner: CRAIG BROADCASTING, LLC)
- K272DL (102.3 FM; RIFLE, CO; Owner: MBC GRAND BROADCASTING, INC.)
- K216ES (91.1 FM; CARDIFF, CO; Owner: MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOUNDATION, INC.)
- K244AN (96.7 FM; RIFLE, CO; Owner: COLORADO WEST BROADCASTING INC.)
- K202BJ (88.3 FM; RIFLE, CO; Owner: PUBLIC BROADCASTING OF COLORADO, INC)
TV broadcast stations around Silt:
- KREG-TV (Channel 3; GLENWOOD SPRINGS, CO; Owner: W. RUSSELL WITHERS, JR.)
- K04GM (Channel 4; DIVIDE CREEK, ETC., CO; Owner: GARFIELD COUNTY)
- K06GW (Channel 6; DIVIDE CREEK, ETC., CO; Owner: ROCKY MT. PUBLIC B/C NETWORK, INC.)
- K08HT (Channel 8; UPPER DIVIDE CREEK, CO; Owner: W. RUSSELL WITHERS, JR.)
- K10IQ (Channel 10; UPPER DIVIDE CREEK, CO; Owner: GARFIELD COUNTY)
- K11KR (Channel 2; RIFLE, CO; Owner: STATE OF ALASKA)
- K12LM (Channel 12; DIVIDE CREEK, ETC., CO; Owner: GARFIELD COUNTY)
- K05GY (Channel 5; NEW CASTLE, ETC., CO; Owner: CHANNEL 20 TV COMPANY)
- K07JF (Channel 7; NEW CASTLE, CO; Owner: W. RUSSELL WITHERS, JR.)
- K09JT (Channel 9; NEW CASTLE, ETC., CO; Owner: GARFIELD COUNTY)
- K11JZ (Channel 11; NEW CASTLE, ETC., CO; Owner: GARFIELD COUNTY)
- K02JD (Channel 2; EAST ELK CREEK, CO; Owner: GARFIELD COUNTY)
- K04JL (Channel 4; EAST ELK CREEK, CO; Owner: GARFIELD COUNTY)
- K06JS (Channel 6; EAST ELK CREEK, CO; Owner: GARFIELD COUNTY)
- K08JS (Channel 8; EAST ELK CREEK, CO; Owner: GARFIELD COUNTY)
- K10LN (Channel 10; EAST ELK CREEK, CO; Owner: GARFIELD COUNTY)
Silt fatal accident list:
Jan 17, 2006 04:41 PM, I-70, Lat: 39.543889, Lon: -107.644719, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1
Jan 13, 1998 08:12 PM, I-70, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 3, Fatalities: 1
Sep 28, 1997 06:26 PM, I70, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 3, Pedestrians: 1, Fatalities: 2
National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 5
Total length: 26 meters (85ft)
Total average daily traffic: 35,382
Total average daily truck traffic: 3,698
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 2 - Int 70 At Mile 96.5 (Lat: 39.542750 Lon: -107.671167), Type: Tower, Structure height: 5 m, Call Sign: WPPZ348, Licensee ID: L00001440
Assigned Frequencies: 452.500 MHz Grant Date: 12/31/2004, Expiration Date: 03/27/2015, Certifier: Dennis Kalvels
Registrant: State Of Colorado, 601 East 18th Avenue, Suite 250, Denver, CO 80203, Phone: (303) 764-7700, Fax: (303) 764-7982, Email:
- Lat: 39.522472 Lon: -107.779556, Call Sign: WQBG700
Assigned Frequencies: 456.662 MHz Grant Date: 10/01/2004, Expiration Date: 10/01/2014, Certifier: Gerry Pace
Registrant: Cara Enterprises, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT 84117-0503, Phone: (801) 278-9728, Fax: (801) 278-7239, Email:
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 2 - SILT, Lat: 39.507111 Lon: -107.653000, Call Sign: WQHV209
Assigned Frequencies: 956.268 MHz Grant Date: 11/14/2007, Expiration Date: 11/14/2017, Certifier: Gerry Pace
Registrant: Sensus, 450 N Gallatin Ave, Uniontown, PA 15401, Phone: (800) 638-3748, Fax: (800) 888-2403, Email:
- KRVG Studio, 1817 Medicine Bow Court (Lat: 39.545389 Lon: -107.642472), Type: Pole, Structure height: 7.6 m, Call Sign: WQJM383
Assigned Frequencies: 949.500 MHz Grant Date: 11/03/2008, Expiration Date: 04/01/2013, Certifier: Ward S Holmes
Registrant: Western Slope Communications LLC, 701 Horizon Court, Grand Junction, CO 81406, Phone: (970) 259-4444, Fax: (970) 247-1005, Email:
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 22 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Silt)
FAA Registered Aircraft: 12 ( See the full list of FAA Registered Aircraft in Silt)
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
See full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System statistics for Silt, CO
| Most common first names in Silt, CO among deceased individuals |
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
| John | 16 | 80.4 years |
| Robert | 8 | 64.1 years |
| Richard | 8 | 62.2 years |
| William | 8 | 77.9 years |
| James | 6 | 71.6 years |
| Florence | 5 | 78.4 years |
| George | 5 | 85.4 years |
| Thomas | 4 | 63.5 years |
| Guy | 4 | 74.8 years |
| Kenneth | 4 | 61.5 years |
| Most common last names in Silt, CO among deceased individuals |
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
| Antonelli | 6 | 76.5 years |
| Jones | 5 | 76.2 years |
| Dwire | 4 | 77.2 years |
| Brown | 4 | 74.8 years |
| Fazzi | 4 | 82.2 years |
| Lewis | 4 | 81.3 years |
| Sievers | 4 | 67.5 years |
| Smith | 4 | 67.0 years |
| Costanzo | 3 | 81.6 years |
| Gilbertson | 3 | 73.7 years |
| Businesses in Silt, CO |
| Name | Count | | Name | Count |
| FedEx | 1 | | Subway | 1 |
| Holiday Inn | 1 | | U-Haul | 1 |
- #22 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males working in industry: Construction"
- #50 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males working in industry: Alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers"
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