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The Burlingame handbook

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

Burlingame runs its own electric utility, City of Burlingame. For an emergency, Stormont Vail Hospital is the closest ER, 22 miles away.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Burlingame, 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.

Electricity

Power comes from City of Burlingame

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

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 almost all of Burlingame. 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

6 home internet providers serve Burlingame

100% of 479 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 93% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
Mediacom XtreamCable, Fiber100%1,000/50
KWIKOM CommunicationsFiber, Fixed wireless97%5,000/5,000
BrightspeedDSL91%100/10
Mercury FiberFixed wireless89%150/20
T-MobileFixed wireless87%100/20
AT&TFixed wireless35%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’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Burlingame.

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

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

Burlingame is in Burlingame Public School Unified School District 454.

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

ZIP codes & area codes

Burlingame is in ZIP code 66413

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of BurlingameZIP’s residents in Burlingame
66413Burlingame, KS100%53%
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

Who supplies Burlingame’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?

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

What internet providers serve Burlingame?

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

What ZIP codes are in Burlingame?

66413. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Burlingame in?

Burlingame Public School Unified School District 454.

How do I register to vote in Burlingame?

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.