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The Ballard handbook

Living in Ballard, UT: what to set up and who to call

Power in Ballard comes from Moon Lake Electric Assn, a cooperative utility rather than a private company. The closest ER is Uintah Basin Medical Center, 2.5 miles away.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Ballard, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.

Home services

Power, water and internet

Who to call to start service at a new address in Ballard.

Electricity

Power comes from Moon Lake Electric Assn

Moon Lake Electric Assn (Moon Lake Electric Assn Inc), a cooperative utility, serves all of Ballard. Its homes paid an average of 9.3¢ per kWh in 2025, about $91 a month (its average across Utah).

Start or move service: moonlakeelectric.com · (435) 722-5400

Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Ballard Water Improvement District

Ballard Water Improvement District supplies almost all of Ballard. It buys treated ground water (EPA lists Uriah Heeps Spring Water System and Roosevelt City Water System as sellers) and serves 1,005 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 7,966 systems serving 1,001–3,300 people.

Lead, 90th percentile4.1 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2024–Dec 2026, was 4.1 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 90% 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. UTAH24001.

Internet

2 home internet providers serve Ballard

98% of 463 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 82% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
STRATA NetworksFixed wireless, Fiber, DSL100%2,000/1,000
T-MobileFixed wireless53%25/3

FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Ballard’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Ballard.

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Ballard kids go to
K–57 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–83 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–12Uintah Highin Vernal

Ballard is in Uintah 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.

Government & voting

Town hall and registering to vote

Who to call, and how to register.

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Nov 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Mar 13, 2026.

ZIP codes & area codes

Ballard is in ZIP code 84066

ZIP codes where Ballard residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of BallardZIP’s residents in Ballard
84066Roosevelt, UT100%9%
Area code435Wikidata

Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.

Everyday places

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 Ballard

Who supplies Ballard’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

Ballard Water Improvement District (EPA ID UTAH24001). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 78% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 4.1 ppb (Jan 2024–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Ballard?

Moon Lake Electric Assn (Moon Lake Electric Assn Inc), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 9.3¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Ballard?

STRATA Networks, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Ballard?

84066. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Ballard in?

Uintah School District.

How do I register to vote in Ballard?

In Utah you can register online until 11 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (received 11 days before). Elections here are run by the Uintah County Clerk/Auditor. Check your registration at votesearch.utah.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 Mar 13, 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 National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.