Otter Lake Community Church · Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0Living in Forestport, NY: what to set up and who to call
Most mail in Forestport goes to 13338 (72% of residents), one of 3 ZIP codes in town. The nearest emergency room is Rome Memorial Hospital, 23.7 miles away.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Forestport, 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 Forestport.
Power comes from National Grid
National Grid (Niagara Mohawk Power Corp.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Forestport. Its homes paid an average of 19.9¢ per kWh in 2025, about $130 a month (its average across New York, for customers on its standard service). New York lets you buy power from another supplier; 6% of National Grid’s home customers do, and National Grid still delivers it.
Start or move service: www1.nationalgridus.com · (315) 474-1511
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Buck-Horn Association
Buck-Horn Association supplies Forestport: about 8% of residents live in its service area. About 92% 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 87 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 2021–Dec 2023, was 0.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. 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. NY3221818.
5 home internet providers serve Forestport
72% of 1,949 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 19% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 54% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Frontier | DSL, Fiber | 48% | 115/7 |
| Adirondack Broadband | Fiber | 18% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 25% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 17% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Forestport’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Forestport.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Forestport (64%) is in Adirondack Central School District; parts are in Town of Webb Union Free School District (33%) and Remsen Central School District (3%).
CSchool 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 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Forestport spans 3 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Forestport residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Forestport | ZIP’s residents in Forestport |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13338 | Forestport, NY | 72% | 90% |
| 13494 | Woodgate, NY | 18% | 100% |
| 13438 | Remsen, NY | 8% | 3% |
A few homes fall in 13309, 13301.
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 Forestport
Who supplies Forestport’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Buck-Horn Association (EPA ID NY3221818). 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 0.0 ppb (Jan 2021–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Forestport?
National Grid (Niagara Mohawk Power Corp.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 19.9¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Forestport?
Spectrum, Frontier, Adirondack Broadband, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Forestport?
13338 (72%), 13494 (18%), 13438 (8%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Forestport in?
Adirondack Central School District. Parts of the city are in Town of Webb Union Free School District and Remsen Central School District.
How do I register to vote in Forestport?
In New York you can register online until 10 days before Election Day, in person until 10 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 15 days before and received 10 days before). Elections here are run by the Oneida County Board of Elections. Check your registration at voterlookup.elections.ny.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 Aug 3, 2026 (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.