Living in Alpine Village, CA: what to set up and who to call
Alpine Village has no town government of its own, so Alpine County runs its elections and most services, and its children attend Alpine County Unified School District. Carson Valley Health, 10.7 miles away, is the nearest emergency room.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Alpine Village, 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 Alpine Village.
Power comes from Liberty Utilities
Liberty Utilities (Liberty Utilities), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Alpine Village. Its homes paid an average of 27.6¢ per kWh in 2025, about $141 a month (its average across California).
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Woodfords Mutual Water Company
Woodfords Mutual Water Company supplies Alpine Village: about 19% of residents live in its service area. About 81% 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 50 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 11,392 systems serving <=100 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2012–Dec 2014, was 0.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. It’s from 2014: EPA has no newer result for this system. 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. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. CA0202503.
Which providers serve Alpine Village
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Alpine 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.
We don’t have Alpine Village’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Alpine Village.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Alpine Village is in Alpine County Unified 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.
No town hall: the county runs things
Alpine Village is unincorporated, so Alpine County is the local government.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Jul 2021; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Alpine Village is in ZIP code 96120
ZIP codes where Alpine Village residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Alpine Village | ZIP’s residents in Alpine Village |
|---|---|---|---|
| 96120 | Markleeville, CA | 100% | 23% |
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 Alpine Village
Who supplies Alpine Village’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Woodfords Mutual Water Company (EPA ID CA0202503). 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 2012–Dec 2014), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Alpine Village?
Liberty Utilities (Liberty Utilities), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 27.6¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What ZIP codes are in Alpine Village?
96120. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Alpine Village in?
Alpine County Unified School District.
How do I register to vote in Alpine Village?
In California you can register online until 15 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 15 days before). Elections here are run by the Alpine County Clerk, Registrar of Voters. Check your registration at voterstatus.sos.ca.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): pending.