Photo: DrunkDriver · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Baker, NV: what to set up and who to call
Baker has no town government of its own, so White Pine County runs its elections and most services, and its children attend White Pine County School District. Power in Baker comes from Mt Wheeler Power, a cooperative utility rather than a private company.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Baker, 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 Baker.
Power comes from Mt Wheeler Power
Mt Wheeler Power (Mt Wheeler Power, Inc), a cooperative utility, serves all of Baker. Its homes paid an average of 9.4¢ per kWh in 2025, about $121 a month (its average across Nevada).
Start or move service: www.mwpower.net · (775) 289-8981
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Baker Water and Sewer Gid
Baker Water and Sewer Gid supplies Baker: about 15% of residents live in its service area. About 85% 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 85 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.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2011–Dec 2019, was 1.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. It’s from 2019: EPA has no newer result for this system.
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. NV0000863.
Which providers serve Baker
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Baker, 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 Baker’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Baker.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Baker is in White Pine County 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.
No town hall: the county runs things
Baker is unincorporated, so White Pine County is the local government.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Jun 2023; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Baker is in ZIP code 89311
ZIP codes where Baker residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Baker | ZIP’s residents in Baker |
|---|---|---|---|
| 89311 | Baker, NV | 100% | 24% |
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.
Questions about living in Baker
Who supplies Baker’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Baker Water and Sewer Gid (EPA ID NV0000863). 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 1.0 ppb (Jan 2011–Dec 2019), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Baker?
Mt Wheeler Power (Mt Wheeler Power, Inc), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 9.4¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What ZIP codes are in Baker?
89311. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Baker in?
White Pine County School District.
How do I register to vote in Baker?
In Nevada you can register online until 5 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 28 days before). Elections here are run by the White Pine County Clerk. Check your registration at nvsos.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.