Photo: Nyttend · Public domainLiving in Broad Top Township, PA: what to set up and who to call
Power in Broad Top Township comes from New Enterprise R E C, a cooperative utility rather than a private company. For emergencies, Broad Top Township is closest to UPMC Bedford Memorial, 12.6 miles away.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Broad Top Township, 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 Broad Top Township.
Power comes from New Enterprise R E C
New Enterprise R E C (New Enterprise R E C, Inc), a cooperative utility, serves all of Broad Top Township.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Coaldale Six Mile Run Water
Coaldale Six Mile Run Water supplies Broad Top Township: about 15% of residents live in its service area. Wood Broad Top Wells Jmun Auth serves another 7%. About 78% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water influenced by surface water and serves 320 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.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 1999, was 61.0 ppb, above the 15 ppb action level that applied. It’s from 1999: 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. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. PA4050025.
4 home internet providers serve Broad Top Township
87% of 890 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 5% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable | 80% | 1,200/35 |
| Breezeline | Cable | 7% | 1,000/50 |
| Frontier | Fiber | 7% | 7,000/7,000 |
| Brightspeed | DSL | 2% | 40/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Broad Top Township’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Broad Top Township.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Broad Top Township is in Tussey Mountain School District.
BSchool 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 Apr 2026; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Broad Top Township spans 5 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Broad Top Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Broad Top Township | ZIP’s residents in Broad Top Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16679 | Six Mile Run, PA | 42% | 83% |
| 16650 | Hopewell, PA | 25% | 19% |
| 16672 | Riddlesburg, PA | 13% | 100% |
| 16633 | Defiance, PA | 13% | 100% |
| 16694 | Wood, PA | 7% | 31% |
A few homes fall in 16678.
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 Broad Top Township
Who supplies Broad Top Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Coaldale Six Mile Run Water (EPA ID PA4050025). 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 61.0 ppb (Jan–Dec 1999), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Broad Top Township?
New Enterprise R E C (New Enterprise R E C, Inc), a cooperative utility.
What internet providers serve Broad Top Township?
Xfinity, Breezeline, Frontier, Brightspeed (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Broad Top Township?
16679 (42%), 16650 (25%), 16672 (13%), 16633 (13%), 16694 (7%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Broad Top Township in?
Tussey Mountain School District.
How do I register to vote in Broad Top Township?
In Pennsylvania you can register online until 15 days before Election Day, in person until 15 days before Election Day, or by mail (received 15 days before). Elections here are run by the Bedford County Board of Elections. Check your registration at pavoterservices.pa.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 National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.