Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Decatur Township, PA: what to set up and who to call
Most mail in Decatur Township goes to 16866 (68% of residents), one of 4 ZIP codes in town. Penn Highlands Tyrone, 14.7 miles away, is the nearest emergency room.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Decatur 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 Decatur Township.
Water comes from Paw Philipsburg water system
The Paw Philipsburg water system supplies Decatur Township: about 55% of residents live in its service area. Houtzdale Municipal Authority serves another 8%. About 38% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws surface water and serves 20,865 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 83% of the 3,525 systems serving 10,001–50,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jun–Sep 2025, 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. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. PA4140087.
Which providers serve Decatur Township
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Decatur Township, 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.
We don’t have Decatur Township’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Decatur Township.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Decatur Township is in Philipsburg-Osceola Area School District.
B−School 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 May 2026; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Decatur Township spans 4 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Decatur Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Decatur Township | ZIP’s residents in Decatur Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16866 | Philipsburg, PA | 68% | 31% |
| 16666 | Osceola Mills, PA | 27% | 47% |
| 16878 | West Decatur, PA | 3% | 7% |
| 16651 | Houtzdale, PA | 2% | 2% |
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 Decatur Township
Who supplies Decatur Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Paw Philipsburg water system (EPA ID PA4140087). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 83% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.0 ppb (Jun–Sep 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
What ZIP codes are in Decatur Township?
16866 (68%), 16666 (27%), 16878 (3%), 16651 (2%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Decatur Township in?
Philipsburg-Osceola Area School District.
How do I register to vote in Decatur 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 Clearfield 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.
- 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): pending.