Photo: Ellin Beltz · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Ferndale, CA: what to set up and who to call
In Ferndale, trash day is Friday (Eel River Resource Recovery collects). Optimum and Frontier both wire most of Ferndale; 0% of addresses can get fiber.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Ferndale, 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 Ferndale.
Power comes from PG&E
PG&E (Pacific Gas & Electric Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Ferndale. Its homes paid an average of 37.5¢ per kWh in 2025, about $174 a month (its average across California, for customers on its standard service). California lets you buy power from another supplier; 66% of PG&E’s home customers do, and PG&E still delivers it.
Start or move service: pgecorp.com
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Del Oro Water Co-Ferndale
Del Oro Water Co-Ferndale supplies almost all of Ferndale. It draws ground water and serves 1,662 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 2022–Dec 2024, was 3.5 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 86% 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. CA1210007.
6 home internet providers serve Ferndale
100% of 716 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 0% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Optimum | Cable | 86% | 940/35 |
| Frontier | DSL | 73% | 90/5 |
| 101Netlink | Fixed wireless | 100% | 100/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 38% | 25/3 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 20% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 16% | 300/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Ferndale is Friday
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Ferndale, from the town’s own site.
This month
- TrashEvery week
- RecyclingEvery other week, Fri · which week: ci.ferndale.ca.us
Single-stream recycling
All your recyclables go in one bin, no sorting.
From ci.ferndale.ca.us, the town’s official site, checked Oct 22, 2026; pages dated 2023-12-19, 2026-04-06. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Ferndale is in Ferndale Unified School District.
B+School gradeSee 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 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ferndale is in ZIP code 95536
ZIP codes where Ferndale residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Ferndale | ZIP’s residents in Ferndale |
|---|---|---|---|
| 95536 | Ferndale, CA | 100% | 51% |
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 Ferndale
Who supplies Ferndale’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Del Oro Water Co-Ferndale (EPA ID CA1210007). 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 3.5 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Ferndale?
PG&E (Pacific Gas & Electric Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 37.5¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Ferndale?
Optimum, Frontier, 101Netlink, AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Ferndale?
95536. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Ferndale in?
Ferndale Unified School District.
How do I register to vote in Ferndale?
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 Humboldt County Office of 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: Ferndale’s own website (ci.ferndale.ca.us), read Oct 22, 2026, pickup and drop-off facts extracted and checked against the page they came from.
- 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.