Photo: Billy Hathorn · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Burnet, TX: what to set up and who to call
Burnet runs its own electric utility, City of Burnet. Herman Brown Free Library, at 100 E Washington St, is the library in town.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Burnet, 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 Burnet.
Power comes from City of Burnet
City of Burnet (City of Burnet - (TX)), a municipal utility, serves 73.7% of Burnet residents.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from City of Burnet water system
The City of Burnet water system supplies Burnet: about 97% of residents live in its service area. It draws surface water and serves 7,011 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 1.9 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 3.2 ppb. That’s higher than 66% 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. TX0270001.
12 home internet providers serve Burnet
99% of 2,694 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 21% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 90% | 1,000/35 |
| Vyve Broadband | Cable | 72% | 1,000/50 |
| Frontier | Fiber, DSL | 19% | 7,000/7,000 |
| Rise Broadband | Fixed wireless | 91% | 50/10 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 79% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 78% | 300/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Burnet depends on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Burnet, from the town’s own site.
Your pickup week
- TrashEvery week, on your street’s dayLook up your day on cityofburnet.com
- RecyclingEvery other week, same day as trashCheck which week on cityofburnet.com →
Northeast Facility (brush drop-off)
3675 Farm to Market Rd 963, Burnet, TX 78611
We couldn’t find its opening hours.
Accepted at the curb
- Tin cans
- Aluminum cans
- Aluminum foil
- Newspaper
- Junk mail
- Phone books
- Brown paper bags
- Magazines
- Cereal boxes
- Flattened clean cardboard
- Milk jugs
- Beverage/detergent bottles
- Cleaning containers
- Yogurt containers
- Shampoo bottles
From cityofburnet.com, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026. 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.
Burnet is in Burnet Consolidated Independent School District.
C+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 Jun 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Burnet is in ZIP code 78611
ZIP codes where Burnet residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Burnet | ZIP’s residents in Burnet |
|---|---|---|---|
| 78611 | Burnet, TX | 100% | 43% |
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 Burnet
Who supplies Burnet’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The City of Burnet water system (EPA ID TX0270001). 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 1.9 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Burnet?
City of Burnet (City of Burnet - (TX)), a municipal utility.
What internet providers serve Burnet?
Spectrum, Vyve Broadband, Frontier, Rise Broadband, AT&T, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Burnet?
78611. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Burnet in?
Burnet Consolidated Independent School District.
How do I register to vote in Burnet?
Texas has no online registration; you can register in person until 30 days before Election Day or by mail (postmarked 30 days before). Elections here are run by the Burnet County Early Voting Clerk. Check your registration at teamrv-mvp.sos.texas.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: Burnet’s own website (cityofburnet.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.