Living in Butte Township, SD: what to set up and who to call
Power in Butte Township comes from LaCreek Electric Assn, a cooperative utility rather than a private company. The nearest emergency room is PHS Indian Hospital at Rosebud, 26.6 miles away.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Butte 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 Butte Township.
Power comes from LaCreek Electric Assn
LaCreek Electric Assn (LaCreek Electric Assn, Inc), a cooperative utility, serves all of Butte Township.
Start or move service: lacreek.com · (605) 685-6581
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Tripp County Water User District
Tripp County Water User District supplies almost all of Butte Township. It draws ground water and serves 4,860 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 80% of the 5,012 systems serving 3,301–10,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2024, was 2.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 3.0 ppb. That’s higher than 67% 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. SD4600520.
Which providers serve Butte Township
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Butte 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 Butte Township’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Butte Township.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Butte Township is in White River School District 47-1.
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.
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.
Butte Township is in ZIP code 57585
ZIP codes where Butte Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Butte Township | ZIP’s residents in Butte Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 57585 | Wood, SD | 100% | 1% |
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 Butte Township
Who supplies Butte Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Tripp County Water User District (EPA ID SD4600520). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 80% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 2.0 ppb (Jan–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Butte Township?
LaCreek Electric Assn (LaCreek Electric Assn, Inc), a cooperative utility.
What ZIP codes are in Butte Township?
57585. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Butte Township in?
White River School District 47-1.
How do I register to vote in Butte Township?
South Dakota has no online registration; you can register in person until 15 days before Election Day or by mail (received 15 days before). Elections here are run by the Mellette County Auditor. Check your registration at vip.sdsos.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): pending.