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The Summit handbook

Living in Summit, AR: what to set up and who to call

Summit spans 2 ZIP codes; 72677 holds the most residents (92%). For an emergency, Baxter Health is the closest ER, 17.5 miles away.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Summit, 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 Summit.

Electricity

Power comes from Entergy Arkansas

Entergy Arkansas (Entergy Arkansas LLC), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Summit. Its homes paid an average of 13.4¢ per kWh in 2025, about $145 a month (its average across Arkansas).

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 Summit Waterworks

Summit Waterworks supplies Summit: about 96% of residents live in its service area. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Marion County Reg Water Dist as seller) and serves 675 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 5,327 systems serving 501–1,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile5.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2003, was 5.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. It’s from 2003: EPA has no newer result for this system.

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. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. AR0000355.

Internet

3 home internet providers serve Summit

100% of 242 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 60% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
Yelcot Holding GroupCable, DSL, Fiber99%1,000/500
VerizonFixed wireless72%300/20
T-MobileFixed wireless45%25/3

FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Summit’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Summit.

Trash, recycling and bulk pickupNot on fileOpenStreetMap lists no public drop-off in Summit 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.

Summit kids go to
PK–4Yellville-Summit Elementary Schoolin Yellville
5–8Yellville-Summit Middle Schoolin Yellville
9–12Yellville-Summit High Schoolin Yellville

Summit is in Yellville-Summit 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 Oct 2015; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Summit spans 2 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of SummitZIP’s residents in Summit
72677Summit, AR92%79%
72687Yellville, AR8%1%
Area code870Wikidata

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. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.

Questions about living in Summit

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

Summit Waterworks (EPA ID AR0000355). 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 5.0 ppb (Jan–Dec 2003), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Summit?

Entergy Arkansas (Entergy Arkansas LLC), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 13.4¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Summit?

Yelcot Holding Group, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Summit?

72677 (92%), 72687 (8%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Summit in?

Yellville-Summit School District.

How do I register to vote in Summit?

Arkansas has no online registration; you can register in person until 30 days before Election Day or by mail (postmarked 30 days before). Elections here are run by the Marion County Clerk. Check your registration at voterview.ar-nova.org.

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.