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The Burlingame Township handbook

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

Burlingame Township runs its own electric utility, City of Burlingame. The ER is a drive from Burlingame Township: the closest is Stormont Vail Hospital, 19.1 miles away.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Burlingame 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 Burlingame Township.

Electricity

Power comes from City of Burlingame

City of Burlingame (City of Burlingame - (KS)), a municipal utility, serves 57.0% of Burlingame Township residents.

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 City of Burlingame water system

The City of Burlingame water system supplies Burlingame Township: about 58% of residents live in its service area. Osage Co RWD 8 serves another 39%. About 4% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists City of Osage City as seller) and serves 955 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 percentile1.8 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2021–Dec 2023, was 1.8 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 67% 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. KS2013915.

Internet

7 home internet providers serve Burlingame Township

93% of 852 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 55% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
KWIKOM CommunicationsFiber, Fixed wireless70%5,000/5,000
BrightspeedDSL, Fixed wireless66%100/10
Mediacom XtreamCable, Fiber61%1,000/50
Mercury FiberFixed wireless80%150/20
T-MobileFixed wireless74%100/20
AT&TFixed wireless25%100/20

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

Trash & recycling

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

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Burlingame Township.

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Burlingame Township kids go to
PK–5Burlingame ElementaryBurlingame Public School Unified School District 454
6–12Burlingame Junior/Senior HighBurlingame Public School Unified School District 454

Most of Burlingame Township (62%) is in Burlingame Public School Unified School District 454; parts are in Mission Valley Unified School District 330 (30%) and Santa Fe Trail Unified School District 434 (5%) and Auburn-Washburn Unified School District 437 (3%).

B−School gradeSee 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 Dec 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Burlingame Township spans 3 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of Burlingame TownshipZIP’s residents in Burlingame Township
66413Burlingame, KS93%86%
66414Carbondale, KS5%3%
66546Wakarusa, KS1%2%

A few homes fall in 66402.

Area code785Wikidata

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 Burlingame Township

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

The City of Burlingame water system (EPA ID KS2013915). 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 1.8 ppb (Jan 2021–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Burlingame Township?

City of Burlingame (City of Burlingame - (KS)), a municipal utility.

What internet providers serve Burlingame Township?

KWIKOM Communications, Brightspeed, Mediacom Xtream, Mercury Fiber, T-Mobile, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Burlingame Township?

66413 (93%), 66414 (5%), 66546 (1%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Burlingame Township in?

Burlingame Public School Unified School District 454. Parts of the city are in Mission Valley Unified School District 330 and Santa Fe Trail Unified School District 434 and Auburn-Washburn Unified School District 437.

How do I register to vote in Burlingame 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 Osage 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 National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.