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The Pine Grove handbook

Living in Pine Grove, OR: what to set up and who to call

Pine Grove has no town government of its own, so Wasco County runs its elections and most services, and its children attend South Wasco County School District 1. Power in Pine Grove comes from Wasco Electric Coop, a cooperative utility rather than a private company.

Pine Grove has no town government. It’s a census-designated place in Wasco County, so the county and regional agencies provide most services. This page answers what we can; the same answers appear on Pine Grove’s town page under “Getting set up”.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Pine Grove, 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 Pine Grove.

Electricity

Power comes from Wasco Electric Coop

Wasco Electric Coop (Wasco Electric Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility, serves all of Pine Grove.

Start or move service: wascoelectric.com · (541) 296-2740

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 Pine Grove Water Dist (Klamath)

Pine Grove Water Dist (Klamath) supplies Pine Grove: about 0% of residents live in its service area. About 100% 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 180 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 77% of the 15,074 systems serving 101–500 people.

Lead, 90th percentile0.7 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 0.7 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s lower than 51% 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. OR4100437.

Internet

Which providers serve Pine Grove

Data pending · D4

This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Pine Grove, 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.

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Pine Grove’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Pine Grove.

Trash, recycling and bulk pickupNot on filePine Grove has no town government of its own, so look for trash and recycling rules on the county’s site.
Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Pine Grove kids go to
PK–5South Wasco County Elementary Schoolin Maupin
6–12South Wasco County Middle/High Schoolin Maupin

Pine Grove is in South Wasco County School District 1.

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

No town hall: the county runs things

Pine Grove is unincorporated, so Wasco County is the local government.

Local governmentWasco CountyPine Grove is a census-designated place: no town hall of its ownCensus
Who runs elections hereWasco County Clerk, Elections OfficeElections here are run by Wasco County (county election office). 401 E 3rd Street, Ste 100, The Dalles, OR 97058-2562 · (541) 506-2530 · [email protected]FVAP, Sep 2025
Register to voteOnlineIn Oregon you can register online until 21 days before Election Day, in person until 21 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 21 days before).vote.govCheck your registration and polling placesos.oregon.govThe state’s voter lookup

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Sep 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Oct 2, 2026.

ZIP codes & area codes

Pine Grove is in ZIP code 97037

ZIP codes where Pine Grove residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of Pine GroveZIP’s residents in Pine Grove
97037Maupin, OR100%16%
Area codes458, 541Wikidata

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 Pine Grove

Who supplies Pine Grove’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

Pine Grove Water Dist (Klamath) (EPA ID OR4100437). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 77% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.7 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Pine Grove?

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

What ZIP codes are in Pine Grove?

97037. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Pine Grove in?

South Wasco County School District 1.

How do I register to vote in Pine Grove?

In Oregon you can register online until 21 days before Election Day, in person until 21 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 21 days before). Elections here are run by the Wasco County Clerk, Elections Office. Check your registration at sos.oregon.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 Oct 2, 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): pending.