Living in Chain Lake, WA: what to set up and who to call
Chain Lake has no town government of its own, so Snohomish County runs its elections and most services, and its children attend Monroe School District. The closest public drop-off to Chain Lake is Dubuque Road Drop Box, 4 miles out; the town decides whether residents may use it.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Chain Lake, 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 Chain Lake.
Power comes from Puget Sound Energy
Puget Sound Energy (Puget Sound Energy Inc), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Chain Lake. Its homes paid an average of 17.0¢ per kWh in 2025, about $147 a month (its average across Washington).
Start or move service: pse.com · (888) 225-5773
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Roosevelt Water Association
Roosevelt Water Association supplies Chain Lake: about 48% of residents live in its service area. Monroe Water System serves another 37%. Sno PUD 1 - Lake Stevens serves another 10%. About 8% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists City of Everett Public Works Dept. as seller) and serves 3,530 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 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. WA5374150.
Which providers serve Chain Lake
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Chain Lake, 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.
The nearest public drop-off is 4 miles away
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Chain Lake.
Dubuque Road Drop Box
19619 Dubuque Road, Snohomish, WA, 98290
This isn’t Chain Lake’s own facility. Whether Chain Lake residents may use it is the town’s rule: check the town’s office.
OpenStreetMap, as of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Chain Lake (52%) is in Monroe School District; parts are in Snohomish School District (48%).
A−School gradeSee Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
No town hall: the county runs things
Chain Lake is unincorporated, so Snohomish County is the local government.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Sep 2022; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
Chain Lake spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Chain Lake residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Chain Lake | ZIP’s residents in Chain Lake |
|---|---|---|---|
| 98290 | Snohomish, WA | 84% | 11% |
| 98272 | Monroe, WA | 16% | 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 Chain Lake
Who supplies Chain Lake’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Roosevelt Water Association (EPA ID WA5374150). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 80% of systems its size had none.
Who provides electricity in Chain Lake?
Puget Sound Energy (Puget Sound Energy Inc), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 17.0¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What ZIP codes are in Chain Lake?
98290 (84%), 98272 (16%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Chain Lake in?
Monroe School District. Parts of the city are in Snohomish School District.
How do I register to vote in Chain Lake?
In Washington you can register online until 8 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (received 8 days before). Elections here are run by the Snohomish County Auditor. Check your registration at voter.votewa.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 Sep 30, 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.