Arcadia Free Public Library · Photo: Jon Roanhaus · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Arcadia, WI: what to set up and who to call
Arcadia runs its own electric utility, City of Arcadia. Trash goes out on Thursdays in Arcadia.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Arcadia, 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 Arcadia.
Power comes from City of Arcadia
City of Arcadia (City of Arcadia - (WI)), a municipal utility, serves 82.8% of Arcadia residents.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Arcadia Waterworks
Arcadia Waterworks supplies Arcadia: about 76% of residents live in its service area. About 24% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water and serves 3,737 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 Jun–Sep 2023, was 1.8 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 65% 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 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. WI6620319.
5 home internet providers serve Arcadia
100% of 1,011 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 17% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tri-County Communications Cooperative | Cable, Fiber | 100% | 250/25 |
| Brightspeed | DSL, Fiber | 44% | 80/10 |
| Bug Tussel | Fixed wireless | 98% | 25/5 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 74% | 300/20 |
| HBC | Fixed wireless | 9% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Arcadia is Thursday
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Arcadia, from the town’s own site.
This month
- TrashEvery week
Hilltoppers Refuse & Recycling Service
1420 E Wanek Avenue
From cityofarcadiawi.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 23, 2026; pages dated 2026-09-30, 2026-10-23. 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.
Arcadia is in Arcadia School District.
CSchool 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 2026; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Arcadia is in ZIP code 54612
ZIP codes where Arcadia residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Arcadia | ZIP’s residents in Arcadia |
|---|---|---|---|
| 54612 | Arcadia, WI | 100% | 64% |
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 Arcadia
Who supplies Arcadia’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Arcadia Waterworks (EPA ID WI6620319). 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 1.8 ppb (Jun–Sep 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Arcadia?
City of Arcadia (City of Arcadia - (WI)), a municipal utility.
What internet providers serve Arcadia?
Tri-County Communications Cooperative, Brightspeed, Bug Tussel, Verizon, HBC (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Arcadia?
54612. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Arcadia in?
Arcadia School District.
How do I register to vote in Arcadia?
In Wisconsin you can register online until 20 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 20 days before). Elections here are run by the City of Arcadia Clerk. Check your registration at myvote.wi.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: Arcadia’s own website (cityofarcadiawi.gov), read Oct 23, 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.