Photo: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0Living in Needles, CA: what to set up and who to call
Needles runs its own electric utility, City of Needles. Trains stop in Needles, at Needles, CA (NDL).
I’m new in town
What to set up in Needles, 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 Needles.
Power comes from City of Needles
City of Needles (City of Needles - (CA)), a municipal utility, serves all of Needles.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from City of Needles water system
The City of Needles water system supplies almost all of Needles. It draws ground water and serves 8,766 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 2023–Dec 2025, was 3.4 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 6.3 ppb. That’s higher than 85% 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. CA3610032.
5 home internet providers serve Needles
90% of 2,472 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 81% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frontier | Fiber, DSL | 49% | 5,000/5,000 |
| FMTV | Fiber, Fixed wireless | 44% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Fort Mojave Telecommunications | Fiber | 2% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Tristate Wi-Fi by Wi-Fiber | Fixed wireless | 98% | 300/300 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 5% | 300/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Needles is Monday, Tuesday, Thursday or Friday, depending on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Needles, from the town’s own site.
Your pickup week
- TrashEvery week, on your street’s day (Mon, Tue, Thu or Fri)The town’s pickup schedule (PDF)
Accepted at the curb
- Plastic containers
- Metal cans and trays
- Cardboard and paper
From cityofneedles.com, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 2020. 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.
Needles is in Needles 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.
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.
Needles is in ZIP code 92363
ZIP codes where Needles residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Needles | ZIP’s residents in Needles |
|---|---|---|---|
| 92363 | Needles, CA | 100% | 88% |
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.
Train: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Needles
Who supplies Needles’ drinking water, and has it had violations?
The City of Needles water system (EPA ID CA3610032). 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 3.4 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Needles?
City of Needles (City of Needles - (CA)), a municipal utility.
What internet providers serve Needles?
Frontier, FMTV, Fort Mojave Telecommunications, Tristate Wi-Fi by Wi-Fiber, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Needles?
92363. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Needles in?
Needles Unified School District.
How do I register to vote in Needles?
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 San Bernardino 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: Needles’ own website (cityofneedles.com), read Oct 21, 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.