Living in The Forks plantation, ME: what to set up and who to call
An EPA health-based violation from 2025 is still open for Monson Utilities District, which supplies The Forks plantation. Voting is local here: the The Forks Plt Town Clerk registers voters and runs elections, not the county.
I’m new in town
What to set up in The Forks plantation, 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 The Forks plantation.
Power comes from Central Maine Power
Central Maine Power (Central Maine Power Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of The Forks plantation. Its homes paid an average of 27.4¢ per kWh in 2025, about $147 a month (its average across Maine, for customers on its standard service). Maine lets you buy power from another supplier; 8% of Central Maine Power’s home customers do, and Central Maine Power still delivers it.
Start or move service: cmpco.com · (800) 750-4000
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Monson Utilities District
Monson Utilities District supplies The Forks plantation: about 25% of residents live in its service area. Moscow Water District serves another 12%. About 62% 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 298 people in all.
4 health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026: a lead and copper treatment requirement (Lead and Copper Rule) ×4, the latest beginning Apr 2025. 77% of the 15,074 systems serving 101–500 people had none. 4 older violations are still open, since 2025: a lead and copper treatment requirement (Lead and Copper Rule), per EPA’s records.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Jun 2026, was 1.4 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 3.3 ppb. That’s higher than 63% 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 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. ME0091030.
Which providers serve The Forks plantation
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in The Forks plantation, 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 The Forks plantation’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in The Forks plantation.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
The Forks plantation is in The Forks Plantation.
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 Oct 2026; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
The Forks plantation spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where The Forks plantation residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of The Forks plantation | ZIP’s residents in The Forks plantation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04985 | West Forks, ME | 88% | 34% |
| 04925 | Caratunk, ME | 12% | 7% |
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 The Forks plantation
Who supplies The Forks plantation’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Monson Utilities District (EPA ID ME0091030). It reported 4 health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026: a lead and copper treatment requirement (Lead and Copper Rule) ×4. 77% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.4 ppb (Jan–Jun 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in The Forks plantation?
Central Maine Power (Central Maine Power Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 27.4¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What ZIP codes are in The Forks plantation?
04985 (88%), 04925 (12%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is The Forks plantation in?
The Forks Plantation.
How do I register to vote in The Forks plantation?
In Maine you can register online until 21 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (received 21 days before). Elections here are run by the The Forks Plt Town Clerk. Check your registration at maine.gov.
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 Aug 3, 2026 (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.