Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Spring Creek, NV: what to set up and who to call
Spring Creek has no town government of its own, so Elko County runs its elections and most services, and its children attend Elko County School District. Tap water in most of Spring Creek comes from Great Basin Water Co Spring Creek MHP, which has a clean five-year EPA record (about 20% of systems its size had a health-based violation) and a latest lead result below detection.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Spring Creek, 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 Spring Creek.
Water comes from Great Basin Water Co Spring Creek MHP
Great Basin Water Co Spring Creek MHP supplies Spring Creek: about 53% of residents live in its service area. Great Basin Water Co Spring Creek serves another 9%. About 38% 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 3,640 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 80% of the 5,012 systems serving 3,301–10,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 0.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 1.0 ppb. Results below detection are reported as 0, so 0 doesn’t mean no lead at any tap.
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. NV0005027.
9 home internet providers serve Spring Creek
100% of 5,853 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 100% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anthem Broadband of Nevada | Fiber | 100% | 2,000/2,000 |
| Frontier | DSL | 80% | 10/1 |
| CC Communications Broadband | Fiber | 39% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Hot Spot Broadband | Fixed wireless | 100% | 100/50 |
| White Cloud Communications | Fixed wireless | 98% | 200/50 |
| Rise Broadband | Fixed wireless | 86% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Spring Creek’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Spring Creek.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Spring Creek is in Elko County School District.
C+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
Spring Creek is unincorporated, so Elko County is the local government.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Sep 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Spring Creek is in ZIP code 89815
ZIP codes where Spring Creek residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Spring Creek | ZIP’s residents in Spring Creek |
|---|---|---|---|
| 89815 | Spring Creek, NV | 100% | 94% |
A few homes fall in 89828.
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 Spring Creek
Who supplies Spring Creek’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Great Basin Water Co Spring Creek MHP (EPA ID NV0005027). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 80% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.0 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
What internet providers serve Spring Creek?
Anthem Broadband of Nevada, Frontier, CC Communications Broadband, Hot Spot Broadband, White Cloud Communications, Rise Broadband (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Spring Creek?
89815. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Spring Creek in?
Elko County School District.
How do I register to vote in Spring Creek?
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 Elko 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.
- 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 National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.