Photo: Sam Poss · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Signal Mountain, TN: what to set up and who to call
Tap water in most of Signal Mountain comes from Signal Mountain Water System, which has a clean five-year EPA record (about 20% of systems its size had a health-based violation) and a latest lead result of 1.0 ppb. Power in Signal Mountain comes from City of Chattanooga, a municipal utility rather than a private company.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Signal Mountain, 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 Signal Mountain.
Power comes from City of Chattanooga
City of Chattanooga (City of Chattanooga - (TN)), a municipal utility, serves all of Signal Mountain. Its homes paid an average of 12.9¢ per kWh in 2025, about $144 a month (its average across Tennessee).
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Signal Mountain Water System
Signal Mountain Water System supplies Signal Mountain: about 85% of residents live in its service area. Walden's Ridge U.d. serves another 15%. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Tennessee American Water and Walden's Ridge U.d. as sellers) and serves 7,761 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 2023–Dec 2025, was 1.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 1.1 ppb. That’s lower than 57% 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. TN0000634.
5 home internet providers serve Signal Mountain
100% of 3,177 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 100% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| EPB | Fiber | 100% | 100,000/100,000 |
| Xfinity | Cable | 97% | 1,200/35 |
| AT&T | DSL, Fixed wireless, Fiber | 84% | 75/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 90% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 85% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Signal Mountain depends on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Signal Mountain, from the town’s own site.
Your pickup week
- TrashEvery week, on your street’s dayFind your street’s day on signalmountaintn.gov →
Holidays change the pickup schedule: check the town’s calendar for those weeks.
Signal Mountain Drop-off
714 Mississippi Ave., Signal Mountain, TN 37377
- Mon7:30 am–3:45 pm
- Tue7:30 am–3:45 pm
- Wed7:30 am–3:45 pm
- Thu7:30 am–3:45 pm
- Fri7:30 am–3:45 pm
- Sat8 am–2 pm
Accepted at the curb
- Glass containers
- Plastic #1 and #2
- Paper
- Corrugated cardboard
- Aluminum cans
- Rinsed steel (tin) cans
From signalmountaintn.gov, cms2.revize.com, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 2026, FEBRUARY 1, 2024. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Signal Mountain is in Hamilton County 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 Sep 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Signal Mountain is in ZIP code 37377
ZIP codes where Signal Mountain residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Signal Mountain | ZIP’s residents in Signal Mountain |
|---|---|---|---|
| 37377 | Signal Mountain, TN | 100% | 52% |
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 Signal Mountain
Who supplies Signal Mountain’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Signal Mountain Water System (EPA ID TN0000634). 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 1.0 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Signal Mountain?
City of Chattanooga (City of Chattanooga - (TN)), a municipal utility. Its homes paid about 12.9¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Signal Mountain?
EPB, Xfinity, AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Signal Mountain?
37377. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Signal Mountain in?
Hamilton County School District.
How do I register to vote in Signal Mountain?
In Tennessee you can register online until 30 days before Election Day, in person until 30 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 30 days before). Elections here are run by the Hamilton County Election Commission. Check your registration at tnmap.tn.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: Signal Mountain’s own website (signalmountaintn.gov, cms2.revize.com), 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 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.