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The Ireton handbook

Living in Ireton, IA: what to set up and who to call

Tuesday is trash day in Ireton; O.C. Sanitation collects. The closest ER is Hawarden Regional Healthcare, 8.2 miles away.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Ireton, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.

Home services

Power, water and internet

Who to call to start service at a new address in Ireton.

Electricity

Power comes from MidAmerican Energy

MidAmerican Energy (MidAmerican Energy Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Ireton. Its homes paid an average of 11.2¢ per kWh in 2025, about $93 a month (its average across Iowa).

Start or move service: midamericanenergy.com · (888) 427-5632

Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Ireton Water Supply

Ireton Water Supply supplies almost all of Ireton. It buys treated ground water (EPA lists Southern Sioux County Rural Water as seller) and serves 590 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 5,327 systems serving 501–1,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile1.9 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 1.9 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 13.1 ppb. That’s higher than 68% 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 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. IA8447098.

Internet

2 home internet providers serve Ireton

100% of 316 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 100% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
Heartland Telecommunications Company of IowaFiber100%1,000/1,000
NET BroadbandFixed wireless50%50/5

FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.

Trash & recycling

Trash day in Ireton is Tuesday

Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Ireton, from the town’s own site.

Trash haulerO.C. SanitationPicks up trash in Iretoniretonia.com
Trash dayTuesdayEvery week
Pickup calendar

This month

From iretonia.com, the town’s official site, checked Oct 22, 2026; pages dated 2026-01-28, 2026-08-19. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Ireton kids go to
PK–1Ireton Elementary SchoolWest Sioux Community School District
2–5Hawarden Elementary Schoolin Hawarden
6–8West Sioux Middle Schoolin Hawarden
9–12West Sioux High Schoolin Hawarden

Ireton is in West Sioux Community 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.

Government & voting

Town hall and registering to vote

Who to call, and how to register.

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Nov 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Ireton is in ZIP code 51027

ZIP codes where Ireton residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of IretonZIP’s residents in Ireton
51027Ireton, IA100%45%

Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.

Everyday places

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 Ireton

Who supplies Ireton’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

Ireton Water Supply (EPA ID IA8447098). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 78% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.9 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Ireton?

MidAmerican Energy (MidAmerican Energy Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 11.2¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Ireton?

Heartland Telecommunications Company of Iowa, NET Broadband (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Ireton?

51027. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Ireton in?

West Sioux Community School District.

How do I register to vote in Ireton?

In Iowa 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 Sioux County Auditor. Check your registration at sos.iowa.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: Ireton’s own website (iretonia.com), read Oct 22, 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.