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The Mountain Village handbook

Living in Mountain Village, AK: what to set up and who to call

An EPA health-based violation from 2023 is still open for Mountain Village Water System. Power in Mountain Village comes from Alaska Village Elec Coop, a cooperative utility rather than a private company.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Mountain Village, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.

Home services

Power, water and internet

Who to call to start service at a new address in Mountain Village.

Electricity

Power comes from Alaska Village Elec Coop

Alaska Village Elec Coop (Alaska Village Elec Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility, serves all of Mountain Village. Its homes paid an average of 65.9¢ per kWh in 2025, about $319 a month (its average across Alaska).

Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Mountain Village Water System

Mountain Village Water System supplies Mountain Village: about 45% of residents live in its service area. About 55% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water and serves 850 people in all.

11 health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026: a groundwater treatment requirement (Groundwater Rule) ×11, the latest beginning Nov 2023. 78% of the 5,327 systems serving 501–1,000 people had none. 3 older violations are still open, since 2023: a groundwater treatment requirement (Groundwater Rule), per EPA’s records.

Lead, 90th percentile1.5 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2019–Dec 2021, was 1.5 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 62% of similar systems’ latest results.

The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report

EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. AK2270150.

Internet

Which providers serve Mountain Village

Data pending · D4

This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Mountain Village, the share of addresses that can get 100/20 Mbps and the share with fiber, with the map’s “as of” date.

Source to come: FCC Broadband Data Collection.

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Mountain Village’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Mountain Village.

Trash, recycling and bulk pickupNot on fileOpenStreetMap lists no public drop-off in Mountain Village or within 5 miles (as of Oct 9, 2026); map coverage varies by town.
Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Mountain Village kids go to
PK–12Mountain Village SchoolLower Yukon School District

Mountain Village is in Lower Yukon School District.

Test scores and every school: see Schools →

U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.

Government & voting

Town hall and registering to vote

Who to call, and how to register.

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Jun 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.

ZIP codes & area codes

Mountain Village is in ZIP code 99632

ZIP codes where Mountain Village residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of Mountain VillageZIP’s residents in Mountain Village
99632Mountain Village, AK100%100%
Area code99632Wikidata

Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.

Everyday places

Getting around, the ER and the library

One line each; the subject pages have the rest.

ER: CMS hospital data.

Questions about living in Mountain Village

Who supplies Mountain Village’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

Mountain Village Water System (EPA ID AK2270150). It reported 11 health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026: a groundwater treatment requirement (Groundwater Rule) ×11. 78% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.5 ppb (Jan 2019–Dec 2021), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Mountain Village?

Alaska Village Elec Coop (Alaska Village Elec Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 65.9¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What ZIP codes are in Mountain Village?

99632. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Mountain Village in?

Lower Yukon School District.

How do I register to vote in Mountain Village?

In Alaska you can register online until 30 days before Election Day, in person until 30 days before Election Day, or by mail (received 30 days before). Elections here are run by the Absentee and Petition Office. Check your registration at myvoterportal.alaska.gov.

Sources & dates

Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.

  • Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
  • Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
  • Trash: OpenStreetMap, Geofabrik extract of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
  • ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
  • Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
  • Registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
  • Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
  • Internet (FCC): pending.