Living in Hoopa, CA: what to set up and who to call
Hoopa has no town government of its own, so Humboldt County runs its elections and most services, and its children attend Klamath-Trinity Joint Unified School District. The nearest emergency room is Mad River Community Hospital, 24.2 miles away.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Hoopa, 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 Hoopa.
Power comes from PG&E
PG&E (Pacific Gas & Electric Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Hoopa. 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 Hoopa Valley-Wide System
Hoopa Valley-Wide System supplies Hoopa: about 64% of residents live in its service area. About 36% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws surface water and serves 3,500 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 80% of the 5,012 systems serving 3,301–10,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2023, was 2.5 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 2.8 ppb. That’s higher than 76% 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 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. 090605126.
Which providers serve Hoopa
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Hoopa, 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 Hoopa’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Hoopa.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Hoopa is in Klamath-Trinity Joint Unified School District.
C−School gradeSee 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
Hoopa is unincorporated, so Humboldt 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.
Hoopa is in ZIP code 95546
ZIP codes where Hoopa residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Hoopa | ZIP’s residents in Hoopa |
|---|---|---|---|
| 95546 | Hoopa, CA | 100% | 87% |
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 Hoopa
Who supplies Hoopa’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Hoopa Valley-Wide System (EPA ID 090605126). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 80% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 2.5 ppb (Jan–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Hoopa?
PG&E (Pacific Gas & Electric Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 37.5¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What ZIP codes are in Hoopa?
95546. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Hoopa in?
Klamath-Trinity Joint Unified School District.
How do I register to vote in Hoopa?
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: 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.