Photo: Frank Schulenburg · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Oroville, CA: what to set up and who to call
Two school districts split the grades in Oroville: Oroville Union High School District and Oroville City Elementary School District. Oroville Hospital, 1.2 miles away, is the nearest emergency room.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Oroville, 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 Oroville.
Power comes from PG&E
PG&E (Pacific Gas & Electric Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Oroville. 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 Cal-Water Service Co.-Oroville
Cal-Water Service Co.-Oroville supplies Oroville: about 48% of residents live in its service area. South Feather W&p - Miners Ranch serves another 28%. Thermalito Water & Sewer Dist serves another 24%. About 6% 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 11,106 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 83% of the 3,525 systems serving 10,001–50,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 0.9 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s lower than 60% 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. CA0410005.
6 home internet providers serve Oroville
100% of 6,255 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 0% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable | 96% | 2,000/250 |
| AT&T | DSL, Fixed wireless, Fiber | 44% | 25/3 |
| Succeed.Net | Fixed wireless | 87% | 100/50 |
| DigitalPath | Fixed wireless | 82% | 400/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 62% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 42% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash and recycling in Oroville
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Oroville, from the town’s own site and the hauler or county pages it links to.
Recology Transfer Facility
We couldn’t find its opening hours.
From orovilleca.gov, the town’s official site; recology.com, which cityoforoville.org links to for trash, checked Oct 21, 2026. 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.
Oroville is in two districts that split the grades: Oroville Union High School District and Oroville City Elementary 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 Aug 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Oroville spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Oroville residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Oroville | ZIP’s residents in Oroville |
|---|---|---|---|
| 95966 | Oroville, CA | 54% | 34% |
| 95965 | Oroville, CA | 46% | 43% |
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 Oroville
Who supplies Oroville’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Cal-Water Service Co.-Oroville (EPA ID CA0410005). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 83% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.9 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Oroville?
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 Oroville?
Xfinity, AT&T, Succeed.Net, DigitalPath, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Oroville?
95966 (54%), 95965 (46%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Oroville in?
Oroville Union High School District and Oroville City Elementary School District. Parts of the city are in Thermalito Union School District and Palermo Union Elementary School District.
How do I register to vote in Oroville?
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 Butte County 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: Oroville’s own website (orovilleca.gov) and the hauler or county pages it links to (recology.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.