Photo: WikiCapa (Uploads) · Public domainLiving in Butte-Silver Bow, MT: what to set up and who to call
Butte-Silver Bow spans 2 ZIP codes; 59701 holds the most residents (96%). St. James Hospital, 9.5 miles away, is the nearest emergency room.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Butte-Silver Bow, 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 Butte-Silver Bow.
Power comes from NorthWestern Energy
NorthWestern Energy (NorthWestern Energy LLC - (MT)), an investor-owned utility, serves 83.7% of Butte-Silver Bow residents. Its homes paid an average of 14.4¢ per kWh in 2025, about $102 a month (its average across Montana, for customers on its standard service). Montana lets you buy power from another supplier; 0% of NorthWestern Energy’s home customers do, and NorthWestern Energy still delivers it.
Start or move service: northwesternenergy.com · (888) 467-2669
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Butte Silverbow Water Dept
Butte Silverbow Water Dept supplies Butte-Silver Bow: about 88% of residents live in its service area. About 12% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws surface water and serves 33,000 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 2.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 65% 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. MT0000170.
7 home internet providers serve Butte-Silver Bow
94% of 15,609 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 41% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 86% | 1,000/500 |
| TDS Telecom | Fiber | 34% | 8,000/8,000 |
| CenturyLink | DSL | 13% | 40/3 |
| Visionary Broadband | Fixed wireless | 90% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 65% | 300/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 43% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
McGree Trucking picks up trash in Butte-Silver Bow
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Butte-Silver Bow, from the town’s own site.
Butte-Silver Bow Landfill (Solid Waste Division)
121074 N Brown's Gulch Road, Butte, MT 59701
We couldn’t find its opening hours.
Accepted at the curb
- Plastics (#1 & #2)
- Newspaper/magazines
- Paper
- Cardboard
H & H Trading
804 S. Arizona St, Butte, MT
Rosin Brothers
25 Beeftrail Road, Butte, MT
From co.silverbow.mt.us, the town’s official site, checked Oct 22, 2026. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Jan 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Butte-Silver Bow spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Butte-Silver Bow residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Butte-Silver Bow | ZIP’s residents in Butte-Silver Bow |
|---|---|---|---|
| 59701 | Butte, MT | 96% | 100% |
| 59750 | Butte, MT | 1% | 100% |
A few homes fall in 59711, 59748, 59727, 59743, 59759. 59702, 59703 are P.O. box or single-organization ZIPs with no homes.
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 Butte-Silver Bow
Who supplies Butte-Silver Bow’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Butte Silverbow Water Dept (EPA ID MT0000170). 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 2.0 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Butte-Silver Bow?
NorthWestern Energy (NorthWestern Energy LLC - (MT)), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 14.4¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Butte-Silver Bow?
Spectrum, TDS Telecom, CenturyLink, Visionary Broadband, Verizon, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Butte-Silver Bow?
59701 (96%), 59750 (1%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
How do I register to vote in Butte-Silver Bow?
Montana has no online registration; you can register in person up to and including Election Day or by mail (postmarked 30 days before). Elections here are run by the Silver Bow County Election Administrator. Check your registration at prodvoterportal.mt.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: Butte-Silver Bow’s own website (co.silverbow.mt.us), 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.