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Living in Moore, ID: what to set up and who to call

Tap water in Moore comes from Moore Water and Sewer Assn, which has a clean five-year EPA record (about 23% of systems its size had a health-based violation) and a latest lead result of 1.0 ppb. Power in Moore comes from Lost River Electric Coop, a cooperative utility rather than a private company.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Moore, 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 Moore.

Electricity

Power comes from Lost River Electric Coop

Lost River Electric Coop (Lost River Electric Coop Inc), a cooperative utility, serves all of Moore.

Start or move service: www.lostriverelectriccoopinc.com · (208) 588-3311

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 Moore Water and Sewer Assn

Moore Water and Sewer Assn supplies almost all of Moore. It draws ground water and serves 196 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 77% of the 15,074 systems serving 101–500 people.

Lead, 90th percentile1.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 1.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher 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 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. ID6120022.

Internet

1 home internet providers serve Moore

43% of 95 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 43% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
ATC CommunicationsDSL, Fiber100%1,000/1,000

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

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Moore’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Moore.

Trash, recycling and bulk pickupNot on fileOpenStreetMap lists no public drop-off in Moore or within 5 miles (as of Oct 9, 2026); map coverage varies by town.
Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Moore kids go to
PK–62 schoolsDepends on your address
7–12Butte County Middle/High Schoolin Arco

Moore is in Butte County Joint School District 111.

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 Aug 2023; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.

ZIP codes & area codes

Moore is in ZIP code 83255

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of MooreZIP’s residents in Moore
83255Moore, ID100%14%
Area code208Wikidata

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 Moore

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

Moore Water and Sewer Assn (EPA ID ID6120022). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 77% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.0 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Moore?

Lost River Electric Coop (Lost River Electric Coop Inc), a cooperative utility.

What internet providers serve Moore?

ATC Communications (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Moore?

83255. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Moore in?

Butte County Joint School District 111.

How do I register to vote in Moore?

In Idaho you can register online until 11 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (received 11 days before). Elections here are run by the Butte County Clerk. Check your registration at elections.sos.idaho.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 Sep 12, 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.