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The Emerald Beach handbook

Living in Emerald Beach, MO: what to set up and who to call

Tap water in most of Emerald Beach comes from the Airport Homeowners Assn Inc water system, which has a clean five-year EPA record (about 22% of systems its size had a health-based violation) and a latest lead result of 0.8 ppb. Power in Emerald Beach comes from Barry Electric Coop, a cooperative utility rather than a private company.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Emerald Beach, 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 Emerald Beach.

Electricity

Power comes from Barry Electric Coop

Barry Electric Coop (Barry Electric Coop), a cooperative utility, serves all of Emerald Beach.

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 Airport Homeowners Assn Inc water system

The Airport Homeowners Assn Inc water system supplies Emerald Beach: about 71% of residents live in its service area. About 29% 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 50 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 11,392 systems serving <=100 people.

Lead, 90th percentile0.8 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 0.8 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 52% 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. MO5031435.

Internet

Which providers serve Emerald Beach

Data pending · D4

This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Emerald Beach, 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 Emerald Beach’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Emerald Beach.

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

Emerald Beach kids go to
PK–2Eunice Thomas Elem.in Cassville
3–5Cassville Intermediatein Cassville
6–8Cassville Middlein Cassville
9–12Cassville Highin Cassville

Emerald Beach is in Cassville R-IV School District.

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 Aug 2019; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Emerald Beach is in ZIP code 65658

ZIP codes where Emerald Beach residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of Emerald BeachZIP’s residents in Emerald Beach
65658Golden, MO100%21%

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 Emerald Beach

Who supplies Emerald Beach’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

The Airport Homeowners Assn Inc water system (EPA ID MO5031435). 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 0.8 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Emerald Beach?

Barry Electric Coop (Barry Electric Coop), a cooperative utility.

What ZIP codes are in Emerald Beach?

65658. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Emerald Beach in?

Cassville R-IV School District.

How do I register to vote in Emerald Beach?

In Missouri you can register online until 27 days before Election Day, in person until 27 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 27 days before). Elections here are run by the Barry. Check your registration at voteroutreach.sos.mo.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 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.