Photo: Myotus · CC BY 4.0Living in Blooming Prairie, MN: what to set up and who to call
Blooming Prairie runs its own electric utility, City of Blooming Prairie. The Blooming Prairie water system has a clean five-year EPA record, but its latest lead result, 8.0 ppb, was higher than 97% of similar systems’ (the action level is 15).
I’m new in town
What to set up in Blooming Prairie, 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 Blooming Prairie.
Power comes from City of Blooming Prairie
City of Blooming Prairie (City of Blooming Prairie - (MN)), a municipal utility, serves all of Blooming Prairie.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Blooming Prairie water system
The Blooming Prairie water system supplies almost all of Blooming Prairie. It draws ground water and serves 1,987 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 2024–Dec 2026, was 8.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 97% 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. MN1740001.
9 home internet providers serve Blooming Prairie
100% of 887 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 100% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metronet | Fiber | 100% | 5,120/5,120 |
| Mediacom Xtream | Cable, Fiber | 99% | 1,000/50 |
| Frontier | DSL | 73% | 45/3 |
| Midco | Fixed wireless | 100% | 100/20 |
| GigFire | Fixed wireless | 100% | 150/130 |
| Minnesota WiFi | Fixed wireless | 18% | 150/30 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Blooming Prairie’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Blooming Prairie.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Blooming Prairie is in Blooming Prairie Public School District.
A−School gradeSee 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.
Blooming Prairie is in ZIP code 55917
ZIP codes where Blooming Prairie residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Blooming Prairie | ZIP’s residents in Blooming Prairie |
|---|---|---|---|
| 55917 | Blooming Prairie, MN | 100% | 55% |
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 Blooming Prairie
Who supplies Blooming Prairie’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Blooming Prairie water system (EPA ID MN1740001). 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 8.0 ppb (Jan 2024–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Blooming Prairie?
City of Blooming Prairie (City of Blooming Prairie - (MN)), a municipal utility.
What internet providers serve Blooming Prairie?
Metronet, Mediacom Xtream, Frontier, Midco, GigFire, Minnesota WiFi (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Blooming Prairie?
55917. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Blooming Prairie in?
Blooming Prairie Public School District.
How do I register to vote in Blooming Prairie?
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 Steele 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 National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.