Living in Pine Flat, CA: what to set up and who to call
An EPA health-based violation from 2021 is still open for Del Oro California Pines District, which supplies Pine Flat. Pine Flat has no town government of its own, so Tulare County runs its elections and most services, and its children attend Porterville Unified School District (9-12).
I’m new in town
What to set up in Pine Flat, 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 Pine Flat.
Power comes from Southern California Edison
Southern California Edison (Southern California Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Pine Flat. 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.
Water comes from Del Oro California Pines District
Del Oro California Pines District supplies Pine Flat: about 95% of residents live in its service area. About 5% 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 944 people in all.
1 health-based violation reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026: a groundwater treatment requirement (Groundwater Rule), beginning Nov 2021. 78% of the 5,327 systems serving 501–1,000 people had none. 1 older violation is still open, since 2021: a groundwater treatment requirement (Groundwater Rule), per EPA’s records.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 0.9 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 2.9 ppb. That’s lower than 52% 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. CA5410034.
Which providers serve Pine Flat
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Pine Flat, 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 Pine Flat’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Pine Flat.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Pine Flat is in two districts that split the grades: Porterville Unified School District (9-12) and Hot Springs Elementary 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
Pine Flat is unincorporated, so Tulare 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.
Pine Flat is in ZIP code 93207
ZIP codes where Pine Flat residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Pine Flat | ZIP’s residents in Pine Flat |
|---|---|---|---|
| 93207 | California Hot Springs, CA | 100% | 66% |
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 Pine Flat
Who supplies Pine Flat’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Del Oro California Pines District (EPA ID CA5410034). It reported 1 health-based violation to EPA in the five years to October 2026: a groundwater treatment requirement (Groundwater Rule). 78% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.9 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Pine Flat?
Southern California Edison (Southern California Edison Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 31.5¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What ZIP codes are in Pine Flat?
93207. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Pine Flat in?
Porterville Unified School District (9-12) and Hot Springs Elementary School District.
How do I register to vote in Pine Flat?
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 Tulare 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): pending.