Photo: Shannon McGee · CC BY-SA 2.0Living in Harvest, AL: what to set up and who to call
Harvest has no town government of its own, so Madison County runs its elections and most services, and its children attend Madison County School District. Power in Harvest comes from City of Huntsville, a municipal utility rather than a private company.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Harvest, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.
Power, water and internet
Who to call to start service at a new address in Harvest.
Power comes from City of Huntsville
City of Huntsville (City of Huntsville - (AL)), a municipal utility, serves all of Harvest. Its homes paid an average of 12.5¢ per kWh in 2025, about $144 a month (its average across Alabama).
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Madison County Water Department
Madison County Water Department supplies Harvest: about 83% of residents live in its service area. Limestone County Water & Sewer Auth. serves another 11%. About 6% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Limestone County Water & Sewer Auth. and Harvest-Monrovia W,s, and Fp, Inc. and Huntsville Utilities Water Dept. and New Hope Water System as sellers) and serves 119,100 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 86% of the 332 systems serving 100,001–250,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2024–Dec 2026, was 2.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 2.4 ppb. That’s higher than 67% 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. AL0000888.
5 home internet providers serve Harvest
99% of 2,543 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 93% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mediacom Xtream | Cable, Fiber | 96% | 1,000/50 |
| AT&T | Fiber, DSL, Fixed wireless | 93% | 5,000/5,000 |
| WOW! | Cable | 24% | 1,200/50 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 96% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 11% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Harvest’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Harvest.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Harvest is in Madison County School District.
A−School gradeSee Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
No town hall: the county runs things
Harvest is unincorporated, so Madison County is the local government.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Apr 2026; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Harvest is in ZIP code 35749
ZIP codes where Harvest residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Harvest | ZIP’s residents in Harvest |
|---|---|---|---|
| 35749 | Harvest, AL | 99% | 20% |
A few homes fall in 35773.
Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.
Getting around, the ER and the library
One line each; the subject pages have the rest.
ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Harvest
Who supplies Harvest’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Madison County Water Department (EPA ID AL0000888). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 86% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 2.0 ppb (Jan 2024–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Harvest?
City of Huntsville (City of Huntsville - (AL)), a municipal utility. Its homes paid about 12.5¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Harvest?
Mediacom Xtream, AT&T, WOW!, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Harvest?
35749. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Harvest in?
Madison County School District.
How do I register to vote in Harvest?
In Alabama you can register online until 15 days before Election Day, in person until 15 days before Election Day, or by mail (received 15 days before). Elections here are run by the Madison County Absentee Elections Manager. Check your registration at myinfo.alabamavotes.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 Nov 18, 2024 (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 National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.