Living in Salyer, CA: what to set up and who to call
An EPA health-based violation from 2024 is still open for the Salyer Mutual Wc (Formerly Riverview Ac) water system. Salyer has no town government of its own, so Trinity County runs its elections and most services, and its children attend Klamath-Trinity Joint Unified School District.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Salyer, 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 Salyer.
Power comes from Trinity Public Utilities Dist
Trinity Public Utilities Dist (Trinity Public Utilities Dist), a political subdivision utility, serves all of Salyer.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Salyer Mutual Wc (Formerly Riverview Ac) water system
The Salyer Mutual Wc (Formerly Riverview Ac) water system supplies Salyer: about 31% of residents live in its service area. Salyer Heights W.s., Inc serves another 20%. Willow Creek C.s.d. serves another 11%. About 52% 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 231 people in all.
1 health-based violation reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026: a lead and copper treatment requirement (Lead and Copper Rule Revisions), beginning Oct 2024. 77% of the 15,074 systems serving 101–500 people had none. 1 older violation is still open, since 2024: a lead and copper treatment requirement (Lead and Copper Rule Revisions), per EPA’s records.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2018–Dec 2020, was 0.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. It’s from 2020: EPA has no newer result for this system. 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. CA5304501.
Which providers serve Salyer
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Salyer, 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 Salyer’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Salyer.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Salyer (96%) is in Klamath-Trinity 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
Salyer is unincorporated, so Trinity County is the local government.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Jul 2019; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Salyer is in ZIP code 95563
ZIP codes where Salyer residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Salyer | ZIP’s residents in Salyer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 95563 | Salyer, 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 Salyer
Who supplies Salyer’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Salyer Mutual Wc (Formerly Riverview Ac) water system (EPA ID CA5304501). It reported 1 health-based violation to EPA in the five years to October 2026: a lead and copper treatment requirement (Lead and Copper Rule Revisions). 77% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.0 ppb (Jan 2018–Dec 2020), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Salyer?
Trinity Public Utilities Dist (Trinity Public Utilities Dist), a political subdivision utility.
What ZIP codes are in Salyer?
95563. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Salyer in?
Klamath-Trinity Joint Unified School District.
How do I register to vote in Salyer?
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 Trinity 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.