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The Buffalo Township handbook

Living in Buffalo Township, KS: what to set up and who to call

Power in Buffalo Township comes from Prairie Land Electric Coop, a cooperative utility rather than a private company. The closest ER is Cloud County Health Center, 6.2 miles away.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Buffalo Township, 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 Buffalo Township.

Electricity

Power comes from Prairie Land Electric Coop

Prairie Land Electric Coop (Prairie Land Electric Coop Inc), a cooperative utility, serves all of Buffalo Township. Its homes paid an average of 14.8¢ per kWh in 2025, about $124 a month (its average across Kansas).

Start or move service: prairielandelectric.com

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 Cloud Co RWD 1

Cloud Co RWD 1 supplies Buffalo Township: about 84% of residents live in its service area. About 16% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water and serves 473 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 percentile4.2 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2021–Dec 2023, was 4.2 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. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. KS2002901.

Internet

Which providers serve Buffalo Township

Data pending · D4

This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Buffalo Township, the share of addresses that can get 100/20 Mbps and the share with fiber, with the map’s “as of” date.

Source to come: FCC Broadband Data Collection.

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Buffalo Township’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Buffalo Township.

Trash, recycling and bulk pickupNot on fileOpenStreetMap lists no public drop-off in Buffalo Township 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.

Buffalo Township kids go to
PK–4Concordia Elementaryin Concordia
7–12Concordia Jr-Sr Highin Concordia

Buffalo Township is in Concordia Unified School District 333.

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 Sep 2017; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Buffalo Township spans 2 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of Buffalo TownshipZIP’s residents in Buffalo Township
66901Concordia, KS55%1%
66948Jamestown, KS45%9%

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 Buffalo Township

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

Cloud Co RWD 1 (EPA ID KS2002901). 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 4.2 ppb (Jan 2021–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Buffalo Township?

Prairie Land Electric Coop (Prairie Land Electric Coop Inc), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 14.8¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What ZIP codes are in Buffalo Township?

66901 (55%), 66948 (45%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Buffalo Township in?

Concordia Unified School District 333.

How do I register to vote in Buffalo Township?

In Kansas you can register online until 21 days before Election Day, in person until 21 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 21 days before). Elections here are run by the Cloud County Clerk. Check your registration at myvoteinfo.voteks.org.

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): pending.