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The White Mountain handbook

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

White Mountain runs its own electric utility, City of White Mountain. Tap water in White Mountain comes from White Mountain Water System, which has a clean five-year EPA record (about 23% of systems its size had a health-based violation) and a latest lead result of 1.0 ppb.

I’m new in town

What to set up in White Mountain, 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 White Mountain.

Electricity

Power comes from City of White Mountain

City of White Mountain (City of White Mountain - (AK)), a municipal utility, serves all of White Mountain.

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 White Mountain Water System

White Mountain Water System supplies almost all of White Mountain. It draws ground water and serves 210 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 77% of the 15,074 systems serving 101–500 people.

Lead, 90th percentile1.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2024–Dec 2026, was 1.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 52% 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. AK2340507.

Internet

Which providers serve White Mountain

Data pending · D4

This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in White Mountain, 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

The nearest public drop-off is 1 miles away

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in White Mountain.

Nearest public drop-off · 0.6 mi from the center of White Mountain

Waste Station

This isn’t White Mountain’s own facility. Whether White Mountain residents may use it is the town’s rule: check the town’s office.

OpenStreetMap, as of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

White Mountain kids go to
PK–12White Mountain SchoolBering Strait School District

White Mountain is in Bering Strait 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

White Mountain is in ZIP code 99784

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of White MountainZIP’s residents in White Mountain
99784White Mountain, AK100%100%
Area code907Wikidata

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 White Mountain

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

White Mountain Water System (EPA ID AK2340507). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 77% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.0 ppb (Jan 2024–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in White Mountain?

City of White Mountain (City of White Mountain - (AK)), a municipal utility.

What ZIP codes are in White Mountain?

99784. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is White Mountain in?

Bering Strait School District.

How do I register to vote in White Mountain?

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.