Jess Valley Schoolhouse · Photo: Ian Poellet · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Likely, CA: what to set up and who to call
Likely has no town government of its own, so Modoc County runs its elections and most services, and its children attend Modoc Joint Unified School District. Power in Likely comes from Surprise Valley Electrification, a cooperative utility rather than a private company.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Likely, 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 Likely.
Power comes from Surprise Valley Electrification
Surprise Valley Electrification (Surprise Valley Electrification), a cooperative utility, serves all of Likely. Its homes paid an average of 13.5¢ per kWh in 2025, about $128 a month (its average across California).
Start or move service: www.surprisevalleyelectric.org · (530) 233-3511
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Pit River Xl Rancheria water system
The Pit River Xl Rancheria water system supplies Likely: about 33% of residents live in its service area. About 67% 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 61 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 2023–Dec 2025, was 5.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 89% 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. 090605041.
Which providers serve Likely
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Likely, 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 Likely’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Likely.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Likely is in Modoc Joint 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
Likely is unincorporated, so Modoc 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.
Likely is in ZIP code 96116
ZIP codes where Likely residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Likely | ZIP’s residents in Likely |
|---|---|---|---|
| 96116 | Likely, CA | 100% | 39% |
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 Likely
Who supplies Likely’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Pit River Xl Rancheria water system (EPA ID 090605041). 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 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Likely?
Surprise Valley Electrification (Surprise Valley Electrification), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 13.5¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What ZIP codes are in Likely?
96116. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Likely in?
Modoc Joint Unified School District.
How do I register to vote in Likely?
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 Modoc County Clerk-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.