Photo: Jon Roanhaus · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in La Plata, MO: what to set up and who to call
La Plata runs its own electric utility, City of La Plata. Macon Co Pwsd 1 has a clean five-year EPA record, but its latest lead result, 7.3 ppb, was higher than 95% of similar systems’ (the action level is 15).
I’m new in town
What to set up in La Plata, 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 La Plata.
Power comes from City of La Plata
City of La Plata (City of La Plata - (MO)), a municipal utility, serves all of La Plata.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Macon Co Pwsd 1
Macon Co Pwsd 1 supplies La Plata: about 60% of residents live in its service area. About 40% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Macon PWS and Clarence Cannon Wholesale Wtr Comm and Adair County Pwsd 1 and Knox County Public Water & Sewer Dist 1 as sellers) and serves 12,865 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 7.3 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 9.3 ppb. That’s higher than 95% 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. MO2024363.
5 home internet providers serve La Plata
100% of 662 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 30% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sparklight | Cable | 99% | 1,000/50 |
| Brightspeed | DSL, Fiber | 83% | 40/3 |
| Chariton Valley Communication | Fiber | 30% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Mark Twain Communications Company | Fixed wireless | 100% | 300/50 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 88% | 300/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in La Plata is Monday
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in La Plata, from the town’s own site.
This month
- TrashEvery week
From cityoflaplata.net, the town’s official site, checked Oct 22, 2026. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
La Plata is in La Plata R-II School District.
B−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 Sep 2017; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
La Plata is in ZIP code 63549
ZIP codes where La Plata residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of La Plata | ZIP’s residents in La Plata |
|---|---|---|---|
| 63549 | La Plata, MO | 100% | 48% |
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.
Train: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in La Plata
Who supplies La Plata’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Macon Co Pwsd 1 (EPA ID MO2024363). 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 7.3 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in La Plata?
City of La Plata (City of La Plata - (MO)), a municipal utility.
What internet providers serve La Plata?
Sparklight, Brightspeed, Chariton Valley Communication, Mark Twain Communications Company, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in La Plata?
63549. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is La Plata in?
La Plata R-II School District.
How do I register to vote in La Plata?
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 Macon. 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: La Plata’s own website (cityoflaplata.net), read Oct 22, 2026, pickup and drop-off facts extracted and checked against the page they came from.
- 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.