Photo: Nyttend · Public domainLiving in Flora, IL: what to set up and who to call
Flora runs its own electric utility, City of Flora. Tap water in Flora comes from the Flora water system, which has a clean five-year EPA record (about 20% of systems its size had a health-based violation) and a latest lead result below detection.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Flora, 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 Flora.
Power comes from City of Flora
City of Flora (City of Flora - (IL)), a municipal utility, serves 96.0% of Flora residents.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Flora water system
The Flora water system supplies almost all of Flora. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Clay County Water Inc and Xenia and Gateway Regional Water Company as sellers) and serves 5,233 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 80% of the 5,012 systems serving 3,301–10,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2026, was 0.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 7.7 ppb. 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 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. IL0250100.
6 home internet providers serve Flora
100% of 2,277 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 100% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wabash Communications | Fiber | 100% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Frontier | Fiber, DSL | 83% | 5,000/5,000 |
| Nextlink | Fixed wireless | 94% | 500/100 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 90% | 25/6 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 85% | 100/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 58% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Flora’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Flora.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Flora is in Flora Community Unit School District 35.
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 Jun 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Flora is in ZIP code 62839
ZIP codes where Flora residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Flora | ZIP’s residents in Flora |
|---|---|---|---|
| 62839 | Flora, IL | 100% | 75% |
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 Flora
Who supplies Flora’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Flora water system (EPA ID IL0250100). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 80% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.0 ppb (Jan–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Flora?
City of Flora (City of Flora - (IL)), a municipal utility.
What internet providers serve Flora?
Wabash Communications, Frontier, Nextlink, Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Flora?
62839. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Flora in?
Flora Community Unit School District 35.
How do I register to vote in Flora?
In Illinois you can register online until 16 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 28 days before). Elections here are run by the Clay County Clerk. Check your registration at ova.elections.il.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.