Living in Beckwourth, CA: what to set up and who to call
Beckwourth has no town government of its own, so Plumas County runs its elections and most services, and its children attend Plumas Unified School District. Power in Beckwourth comes from Plumas-Sierra Rural Elec Coop, a cooperative utility rather than a private company.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Beckwourth, 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 Beckwourth.
Power comes from Plumas-Sierra Rural Elec Coop
Plumas-Sierra Rural Elec Coop (Plumas-Sierra Rural Elec Coop), a cooperative utility, serves all of Beckwourth.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Grizzly Lake Csd-Crocker/Welch water system
The Grizzly Lake Csd-Crocker/Welch water system supplies Beckwourth: about 37% of residents live in its service area. Grizzly Ranch Csd serves another 37%. About 46% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water (EPA lists Plumas County Flood Control as seller) and serves 215 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.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2020–Dec 2022, 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. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. CA3200107.
Which providers serve Beckwourth
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Beckwourth, 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 Beckwourth’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Beckwourth.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Beckwourth is in Plumas 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
Beckwourth is unincorporated, so Plumas County is the local government.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Jul 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Beckwourth spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Beckwourth residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Beckwourth | ZIP’s residents in Beckwourth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 96122 | Portola, CA | 82% | 10% |
| 96129 | Beckwourth, CA | 18% | 33% |
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 Beckwourth
Who supplies Beckwourth’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Grizzly Lake Csd-Crocker/Welch water system (EPA ID CA3200107). 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 2020–Dec 2022), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Beckwourth?
Plumas-Sierra Rural Elec Coop (Plumas-Sierra Rural Elec Coop), a cooperative utility.
What ZIP codes are in Beckwourth?
96122 (82%), 96129 (18%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Beckwourth in?
Plumas Unified School District.
How do I register to vote in Beckwourth?
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 Plumas County Clerk-Recorder-Elections. 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.