Photo: Jim Roberts · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Woodbine, IA: what to set up and who to call
Woodbine runs its own electric utility, City of Woodbine. For an emergency, CHI Health Missouri Valley is the closest ER, 15 miles away.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Woodbine, 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 Woodbine.
Power comes from City of Woodbine
City of Woodbine (City of Woodbine - (IA)), a municipal utility, serves all of Woodbine.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Woodbine Water Department
Woodbine Water Department supplies almost all of Woodbine. It draws ground water and serves 1,625 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 7,966 systems serving 1,001–3,300 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2021–Dec 2023, was 4.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 88% 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. IA4388034.
6 home internet providers serve Woodbine
95% of 708 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 66% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kinetic | Fixed wireless, Fiber, DSL | 98% | 2,000/2,000 |
| Long Lines Metro | Cable, Fiber | 87% | 1,500/50 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 88% | 25/3 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 74% | 100/20 |
| Nextlink | Fixed wireless | 51% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 6% | 300/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Woodbine’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Woodbine.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Woodbine is in Woodbine Community School District.
B−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 Nov 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Woodbine is in ZIP code 51579
ZIP codes where Woodbine residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Woodbine | ZIP’s residents in Woodbine |
|---|---|---|---|
| 51579 | Woodbine, IA | 100% | 67% |
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 Woodbine
Who supplies Woodbine’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Woodbine Water Department (EPA ID IA4388034). 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 4.0 ppb (Jan 2021–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Woodbine?
City of Woodbine (City of Woodbine - (IA)), a municipal utility.
What internet providers serve Woodbine?
Kinetic, Long Lines Metro, AT&T, T-Mobile, Nextlink, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Woodbine?
51579. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Woodbine in?
Woodbine Community School District.
How do I register to vote in Woodbine?
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 Harrison 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: 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 National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.