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The West Winfield handbook

Living in West Winfield, NY: what to set up and who to call

The West Winfield Village water system has a clean five-year EPA record, but its latest lead result, 5.6 ppb, was higher than 93% of similar systems’ (the action level is 15). Power in West Winfield comes from Otsego Electric Coop, a cooperative utility rather than a private company.

I’m new in town

What to set up in West Winfield, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.

Home services

Power, water and internet

Who to call to start service at a new address in West Winfield.

Electricity

Power comes from Otsego Electric Coop

Otsego Electric Coop (Otsego Electric Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility, serves all of West Winfield.

Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from West Winfield Village water system

The West Winfield Village water system supplies West Winfield: about 73% of residents live in its service area. About 27% 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 862 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 5,327 systems serving 501–1,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile5.6 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2024–Dec 2026, was 5.6 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 93% 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 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. NY2102342.

Internet

3 home internet providers serve West Winfield

100% of 348 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 97% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
Windstream New YorkFiber, DSL95%2,000/2,000
SpectrumCable, Fiber94%1,000/35
VerizonFixed wireless83%300/20

FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.

Trash & recycling

Trash and recycling in West Winfield

Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in West Winfield, from the town’s own site.

How trash works hereTown’s haulerThe town’s contract hauler picks up at the curb for every homewestwinfieldny.gov

We couldn’t find pickup days or drop-off hours. Check westwinfieldny.gov →

From westwinfieldny.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 10/16/2026. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

West Winfield kids go to
PK–4Mount Markham Elementary SchoolMount Markham Central School District
5–8Mount Markham Middle SchoolMount Markham Central School District
9–12Mount Markham Senior High SchoolMount Markham Central School District

West Winfield is in Mount Markham Central 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.

Government & voting

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.

ZIP codes & area codes

West Winfield is in ZIP code 13491

ZIP codes where West Winfield residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of West WinfieldZIP’s residents in West Winfield
13491West Winfield, NY100%21%

Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.

Everyday places

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 West Winfield

Who supplies West Winfield’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

The West Winfield Village water system (EPA ID NY2102342). 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 5.6 ppb (Jan 2024–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in West Winfield?

Otsego Electric Coop (Otsego Electric Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility.

What internet providers serve West Winfield?

Windstream New York, Spectrum, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in West Winfield?

13491. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is West Winfield in?

Mount Markham Central School District.

How do I register to vote in West Winfield?

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 Herkimer 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: West Winfield’s own website (westwinfieldny.gov), read Oct 21, 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 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.