Living in Fort Leonard Wood, MO: what to set up and who to call
Fort Leonard Wood has no town government of its own, so Pulaski County runs its elections and most services, and its children attend Waynesville R-VI Schools. Power in Fort Leonard Wood comes from Intercounty Electric Coop Assn, a cooperative utility rather than a private company.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Fort Leonard Wood, 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 Fort Leonard Wood.
Power comes from Intercounty Electric Coop Assn
Intercounty Electric Coop Assn (Intercounty Electric Coop Assn - (MO)), a cooperative utility, serves all of Fort Leonard Wood. Its homes paid an average of 13.0¢ per kWh in 2025, about $164 a month (its average across Missouri).
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Fort Leonard Wood water system
The Fort Leonard Wood water system supplies Fort Leonard Wood: about 80% of residents live in its service area. About 20% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws surface water (EPA lists St Robert PWS as seller) and serves 34,000 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 83% of the 3,525 systems serving 10,001–50,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 1.5 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 2.7 ppb. That’s higher than 58% 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. MO3079500.
Which providers serve Fort Leonard Wood
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Fort Leonard Wood, 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 Fort Leonard Wood’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Fort Leonard Wood.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Fort Leonard Wood is in Waynesville R-VI Schools.
B+School gradeSee Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
No town hall: the county runs things
Fort Leonard Wood is unincorporated, so Pulaski County is the local government.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Feb 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Fort Leonard Wood is in ZIP code 65473
ZIP codes where Fort Leonard Wood residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Fort Leonard Wood | ZIP’s residents in Fort Leonard Wood |
|---|---|---|---|
| 65473 | Fort Leonard Wood, MO | 100% | 100% |
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 Fort Leonard Wood
Who supplies Fort Leonard Wood’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Fort Leonard Wood water system (EPA ID MO3079500). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 83% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.5 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Fort Leonard Wood?
Intercounty Electric Coop Assn (Intercounty Electric Coop Assn - (MO)), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 13.0¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What ZIP codes are in Fort Leonard Wood?
65473. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Fort Leonard Wood in?
Waynesville R-VI Schools.
How do I register to vote in Fort Leonard Wood?
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 Pulaski. 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.