Healthy Roads

La Plata County, Colorado — Infrastructure & Conditions Portal

Welcome to Healthy Roads

An independent monitoring project covering 5.15 miles of private mountain roads in La Plata County, Colorado. Select any card below to open its map — markers, text links, and map features are all clickable and reveal details, photos, and additional information.

Roads Before Chip Seal

Drone footage of all five roads captured in July 2025, just weeks before chip seal was applied. An animation player lets you fly over each road frame-by-frame — a permanent baseline record of the road surface.

5 roads • 370 frames • DJI Avata 2 • July 2025

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Infrastructure

All 109 culverts mapped with cleaning status, inspection history, and photos going back to 2024. Three scheduled projects are underway on Heritage Road — see what's planned and why.

109 culverts • 3 years of records • photos

Drainage Cleaning

Ditch and outfall cleaning records by year — where work was done, how much, and before/after photos. Keeping drainage clear is the most cost-effective form of road maintenance.

Surface Inspection

GPS-pinned field photos from a 2026 inspection covering potholes, edge loss, cracking, and chip seal condition. Each photo is placed on the map exactly where the damage was found.

26 photos • 8 damage categories • 2026

Video Analysis — June 2026 Survey Drive

Vegetation Detection

Plants actively growing in the road detected frame-by-frame from 4K video. Shows exactly where vegetation is damaging chip seal and road edges — broken down by road and location.

359 detections • 5 roads • June 2026

Shoulder Drainage

Shows where the road shoulder drains properly, where it stays flat and pools water, and where it actually pushes water back onto the road surface. Identifies where regrading is needed most.

3 classifications: Good • Flat • Berm • June 2026

Rough spots and bumps detected by an inertial sensor during the survey drive. Each event is placed on the map by GPS and sorted by severity — from minor vibration to significant impacts.

122 bump events • June 2026 • GPS-tagged

Safety & More

Fire Mitigation

32 fire hydrants mapped from La Plata County GIS data, plus fuel reduction and mitigation work records by year. In a wildfire, knowing where hydrants are can be critical.

32 hydrants • La Plata County GIS

Road Health Index

A composite RHI score for every 100-meter segment — combining shoulder drainage, vegetation, roughness, and culvert status. Map view plus a printable report card.

79/100 avg • B · Good • 170 segments • June 2026

See how the video capture system, sensors, and analysis pipelines work — and what future detection tools are planned.

System architecture overview