Living in Bloomfield Township, MN: what to set up and who to call
The Ostrander water system has a clean five-year EPA record, but its latest lead result, 9.0 ppb, was higher than 96% of similar systems’ (the action level is 15). Power in Bloomfield Township comes from MiEnergy Cooperative, a cooperative utility rather than a private company.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Bloomfield Township, 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 Bloomfield Township.
Power comes from MiEnergy Cooperative
MiEnergy Cooperative (MiEnergy Cooperative), a cooperative utility, serves all of Bloomfield Township. Its homes paid an average of 16.9¢ per kWh in 2025, about $166 a month (its average across Minnesota).
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Ostrander water system
The Ostrander water system supplies Bloomfield Township: about 0% of residents live in its service area. About 100% 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 256 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.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2021–Dec 2023, was 9.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 96% 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. MN1230008.
Which providers serve Bloomfield Township
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Bloomfield 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.
We don’t have Bloomfield Township’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Bloomfield Township.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Bloomfield Township (89%) is in Kingsland Public School District; parts are in LeRoy-Ostrander Public Schools (11%).
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 Jun 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Bloomfield Township spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Bloomfield Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Bloomfield Township | ZIP’s residents in Bloomfield Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 55975 | Spring Valley, MN | 90% | 7% |
| 55961 | Ostrander, MN | 10% | 8% |
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 Bloomfield Township
Who supplies Bloomfield Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Ostrander water system (EPA ID MN1230008). 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 9.0 ppb (Jan 2021–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Bloomfield Township?
MiEnergy Cooperative (MiEnergy Cooperative), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 16.9¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What ZIP codes are in Bloomfield Township?
55975 (90%), 55961 (10%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Bloomfield Township in?
Kingsland Public School District. Parts of the city are in LeRoy-Ostrander Public Schools.
How do I register to vote in Bloomfield Township?
In Minnesota 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 Fillmore County Auditor. Check your registration at mnvotes.sos.state.mn.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 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.