Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Modjeska

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
The Arden Helena Modjeska HousePhoto: MaraLight18 · CC BY-SA 3.0
The Modjeska handbook

Living in Modjeska, CA: what to set up and who to call

Modjeska has no town government of its own, so Orange County runs its elections and most services, and its children attend Orange Unified School District. The closest public drop-off to Modjeska is Ponce Recycling Center, 4 miles out; the town decides whether residents may use it.

Modjeska has no town government. It’s a census-designated place in Orange County, so the county and regional agencies provide most services. This page answers what we can; the same answers appear on Modjeska’s town page under “Getting set up”.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Modjeska, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.

Home services

Power, water and internet

Who to call to start service at a new address in Modjeska.

Electricity

Power comes from Southern California Edison

Southern California Edison (Southern California Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Modjeska. Its homes paid an average of 31.5¢ per kWh in 2025, about $149 a month (its average across California, for customers on its standard service). California lets you buy power from another supplier; 30% of Southern California Edison’s home customers do, and Southern California Edison still delivers it.

Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Irvine Ranch Water District

Irvine Ranch Water District supplies almost all of Modjeska. It draws surface water (EPA lists Metropolitan Water Dist. of So. Cal. and Mesa Water District and Laguna Beach County WD and City of Newport Beach and City of Orange as sellers) and serves 444,800 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 86% of the 84 systems serving 250,001–500,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile0.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 0.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. 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. CA3010092.

Internet

2 home internet providers serve Modjeska

77% of 241 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 0% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
Cox CommunicationsCable83%2,000/100
AT&TFixed wireless59%100/20

FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.

Trash & recycling

The nearest public drop-off is 4 miles away

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Modjeska.

Nearest public drop-off · 4.1 mi from the center of Modjeska

Ponce Recycling Center

Mission Viejo, CA, 92691

This isn’t Modjeska’s own facility. Whether Modjeska residents may use it is the town’s rule: check the town’s office.

OpenStreetMap, as of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Modjeska kids go to
K–627 schoolsDepends on your address
7–85 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–124 high schoolsDepends on your address

Modjeska is in Orange 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.

Government & voting

No town hall: the county runs things

Modjeska is unincorporated, so Orange County is the local government.

Local governmentOrange CountyModjeska is a census-designated place: no town hall of its ownCensus
Who runs elections hereOrange County Registrar of VotersElections here are run by Orange County (county election office). P.O. Box 11298, Santa Ana, CA 92711-1298 · (714) 567-7560FVAP, Sep 2025
Register to voteOnlineIn 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).vote.govCheck your registration and polling placevoterstatus.sos.ca.govThe state’s voter lookup

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Sep 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Modjeska is in ZIP code 92676

ZIP codes where Modjeska residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of ModjeskaZIP’s residents in Modjeska
92676Silverado, CA100%32%

Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.

Everyday places

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 Modjeska

Who supplies Modjeska’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

Irvine Ranch Water District (EPA ID CA3010092). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 86% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.0 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Modjeska?

Southern California Edison (Southern California Edison Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 31.5¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Modjeska?

Cox Communications, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Modjeska?

92676. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Modjeska in?

Orange Unified School District.

How do I register to vote in Modjeska?

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 Orange County 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 National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.