Living in Ridgecrest, FL: what to set up and who to call
Ridgecrest has no town government of its own, so Pinellas County runs its elections and most services, and its children attend Pinellas County School District. For a library card, the closest branch is Indian Rocks Beach Library, 2.5 miles out.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Ridgecrest, 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 Ridgecrest.
Power comes from Duke Energy
Duke Energy (Duke Energy Florida, LLC), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Ridgecrest. Its homes paid an average of 18.4¢ per kWh in 2025, about $185 a month (its average across Florida).
Start or move service: progress-energy.com · (800) 700-8744
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Pinellas County Utilities
Pinellas County Utilities supplies almost all of Ridgecrest. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Tampa Bay Water Reg. Surface Water Plant and Tampa Bay Water -Cypress Creek and City of St Petersburg as sellers) and serves 506,353 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 93% of the 42 systems serving 500,001–1,000,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2020, was 0.8 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. It’s from 2020: EPA has no newer result for this system.
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. FL6521405.
6 home internet providers serve Ridgecrest
99% of 924 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 73% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 99% | 1,000/35 |
| WOW! | Cable | 98% | 1,200/50 |
| Frontier | Fiber, DSL | 75% | 7,000/7,000 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 85% | 25/3 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 57% | 300/20 |
| Rapid Systems | Fixed wireless | 19% | 10/1 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Ridgecrest’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Ridgecrest.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Ridgecrest is in Pinellas County School District.
BSchool gradeSee 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
Ridgecrest is unincorporated, so Pinellas County is the local government.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Nov 2023; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 17, 2025.
Ridgecrest spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Ridgecrest residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Ridgecrest | ZIP’s residents in Ridgecrest |
|---|---|---|---|
| 33778 | Largo, FL | 59% | 12% |
| 33774 | Largo, FL | 41% | 7% |
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 Ridgecrest
Who supplies Ridgecrest’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Pinellas County Utilities (EPA ID FL6521405). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 93% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.8 ppb (Jan–Dec 2020), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Ridgecrest?
Duke Energy (Duke Energy Florida, LLC), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 18.4¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Ridgecrest?
Spectrum, WOW!, Frontier, AT&T, Verizon, Rapid Systems (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Ridgecrest?
33778 (59%), 33774 (41%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Ridgecrest in?
Pinellas County School District.
How do I register to vote in Ridgecrest?
In Florida you can register online until 29 days before Election Day, in person until 29 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 29 days before). Elections here are run by the Pinellas Supervisor of Elections. Check your registration at registration.elections.myflorida.com.
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 17, 2025 (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.