Living in Lone Elm, KS: what to set up and who to call
Anderson Co RWD 5 has a clean five-year EPA record, but its latest lead result, 5.2 ppb, was higher than 93% of similar systems’ (the action level is 15). Kincaid Community Library, 4.8 miles away, is the closest library to Lone Elm.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Lone Elm, 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 Lone Elm.
Power comes from Evergy
Evergy (Evergy Kansas Central, Inc.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Lone Elm. Its homes paid an average of 14.6¢ per kWh in 2025, about $124 a month (its average across Kansas).
Start or move service: evergy.com
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Anderson Co RWD 5
Anderson Co RWD 5 supplies almost all of Lone Elm. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Public Wholesale WSD 5 and City of Colony as sellers) and serves 2,093 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 7,966 systems serving 1,001–3,300 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 5.2 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 11.0 ppb. That’s higher than 93% 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. KS2000306.
Which providers serve Lone Elm
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Lone Elm, 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.
We don’t have Lone Elm’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Lone Elm.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Lone Elm is in Crest Unified School District 479.
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.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Sep 2024; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Lone Elm is in ZIP code 66039
ZIP codes where Lone Elm residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Lone Elm | ZIP’s residents in Lone Elm |
|---|---|---|---|
| 66039 | Kincaid, KS | 100% | 5% |
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 Lone Elm
Who supplies Lone Elm’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Anderson Co RWD 5 (EPA ID KS2000306). 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 5.2 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Lone Elm?
Evergy (Evergy Kansas Central, Inc.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 14.6¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What ZIP codes are in Lone Elm?
66039. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Lone Elm in?
Crest Unified School District 479.
How do I register to vote in Lone Elm?
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 Anderson 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.