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The Nadeau Township handbook

Living in Nadeau Township, MI: what to set up and who to call

New voters sign up with the Nadeau Township Clerk, which runs Nadeau Township’s elections. For an emergency, OSF St. Francis Hospital and Medical Group is the closest ER, 24.7 miles away.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Nadeau 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 Nadeau Township.

Electricity

Power comes from DTE

DTE (DTE Electric Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves 81.7% of Nadeau Township residents. Its homes paid an average of 20.2¢ per kWh in 2025, about $126 a month (its average across Michigan, for customers on its standard service). Michigan lets you buy power from another supplier; 0% of DTE’s home customers do, and DTE still delivers it.

Start or move service: www.dteenergy.com · (800) 477-4747

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 Carney-Nadeau Water & Sewer Authority

Carney-Nadeau Water & Sewer Authority supplies Nadeau Township: about 9% of residents live in its service area. About 91% 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 200 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 77% of the 15,074 systems serving 101–500 people.

Lead, 90th percentile3.7 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 3.7 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 86% 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. MI0001125.

Internet

6 home internet providers serve Nadeau Township

51% of 832 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 34% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
Michigan Broadband ServiceDSL, Fiber60%1,000/1,000
SpectrumCable21%1,000/1,000
Highline InternetFiber9%1,000/1,000
VerizonFixed wireless31%300/20
Board of Trustees, Northern Michigan UniversityFixed wireless7%25/5
T-MobileFixed wireless5%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 Nadeau Township’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Nadeau Township.

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

Nadeau Township kids go to
PK–12CarneyNadeau Public SchoolCarney-Nadeau Public Schools

Nadeau Township is in Carney-Nadeau Public Schools.

C−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 Nov 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.

ZIP codes & area codes

Nadeau Township spans 3 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of Nadeau TownshipZIP’s residents in Nadeau Township
49812Carney, MI62%76%
49821Daggett, MI27%24%
49863Nadeau, MI11%100%

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 Nadeau Township

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

Carney-Nadeau Water & Sewer Authority (EPA ID MI0001125). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 77% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 3.7 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Nadeau Township?

DTE (DTE Electric Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 20.2¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Nadeau Township?

Michigan Broadband Service, Spectrum, Highline Internet, Verizon, Board of Trustees, Northern Michigan University, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Nadeau Township?

49812 (62%), 49821 (27%), 49863 (11%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Nadeau Township in?

Carney-Nadeau Public Schools.

How do I register to vote in Nadeau Township?

In Michigan you can register online until 15 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 15 days before). Elections here are run by the Nadeau Township Clerk. Check your registration at mvic.sos.state.mi.us.

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 Sep 12, 2025 (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.