Photo: Rivers Langley; SaveRivers · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Ranburne, AL: what to set up and who to call
Tap water in most of Ranburne comes from Ranburne Water & Sewer Department, which has a clean five-year EPA record (about 22% of systems its size had a health-based violation) and a latest lead result below detection. Wired internet is thin in Ranburne: the FCC’s map has 51% of addresses able to get it.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Ranburne, 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 Ranburne.
Power comes from Alabama Power
Alabama Power (Alabama Power Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Ranburne. Its homes paid an average of 17.9¢ per kWh in 2025, about $202 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 Ranburne Water & Sewer Department
Ranburne Water & Sewer Department supplies Ranburne: about 87% of residents live in its service area. About 13% 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 Wedowee Water Sewer & Gas Board and Randolph County Water & Sewer Authority and Cleburne County Water Authority as sellers) and serves 2,061 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 7,966 systems serving 1,001–3,300 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2024–Dec 2026, was 0.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. Results below detection are reported as 0, so 0 doesn’t mean no lead at any tap.
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. AL0000283.
4 home internet providers serve Ranburne
23% of 256 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 0% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| AT&T | DSL, Fixed wireless | 50% | 10/1 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 41% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 32% | 25/6 |
| HCI | Fixed wireless | 4% | 100/50 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Ranburne’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Ranburne.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Ranburne is in Cleburne County 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.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Jul 2019; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ranburne is in ZIP code 36273
ZIP codes where Ranburne residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Ranburne | ZIP’s residents in Ranburne |
|---|---|---|---|
| 36273 | Ranburne, AL | 100% | 14% |
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 Ranburne
Who supplies Ranburne’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Ranburne Water & Sewer Department (EPA ID AL0000283). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 78% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.0 ppb (Jan 2024–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Ranburne?
Alabama Power (Alabama Power Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 17.9¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Ranburne?
AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, HCI (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Ranburne?
36273. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Ranburne in?
Cleburne County School District.
How do I register to vote in Ranburne?
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 Clebume County Circuit Clerk. 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.