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The Rich Township handbook

Living in Rich Township, 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). The closest ER is Anderson County Hospital, 14 miles away.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Rich 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 Rich Township.

Electricity

Power comes from Evergy

Evergy (Evergy Kansas Central, Inc.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Rich Township. 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.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Anderson Co RWD 5

Anderson Co RWD 5 supplies Rich Township: about 70% of residents live in its service area. City of Kincaid serves another 31%. 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.

Lead, 90th percentile5.2 ppb
015 ppb action level20

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.

Internet

Which providers serve Rich Township

Data pending · D4

This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Rich 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 Rich Township’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Rich Township.

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

Rich Township kids go to
PK–8Crest Elementaryin Colony
9–12Crest Highin Colony

Rich Township 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.

Government & voting

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.

ZIP codes & area codes

Rich Township is in ZIP code 66039

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of Rich TownshipZIP’s residents in Rich Township
66039Kincaid, KS100%58%

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 Rich Township

Who supplies Rich Township’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 Rich Township?

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 Rich Township?

66039. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Rich Township in?

Crest Unified School District 479.

How do I register to vote in Rich 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 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.