Photo: Corey Coyle · CC BY 3.0Living in Blooming Grove, WI: what to set up and who to call
Monday is trash day in Blooming Grove; GFL collects. New voters sign up with the Town of Blooming Grove Clerk, which runs Blooming Grove’s elections.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Blooming Grove, 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 Blooming Grove.
Power comes from Wisconsin Power & Light
Wisconsin Power & Light (Wisconsin Power & Light Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Blooming Grove. Its homes paid an average of 18.5¢ per kWh in 2025, about $128 a month (its average across Wisconsin).
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Mcfarland Waterworks
Mcfarland Waterworks supplies Blooming Grove: about 18% of residents live in its service area. Woodbridge Estates serves another 12%. Madison Water Utility serves another 6%. About 64% 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 9,676 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 2.1 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 72% 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. WI1130241.
10 home internet providers serve Blooming Grove
97% of 615 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 65% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 93% | 1,000/35 |
| AT&T | Fiber, DSL, Fixed wireless | 67% | 5,000/5,000 |
| TDS Telecom | Fiber | 25% | 8,000/8,000 |
| Frontier | Fiber, DSL | 21% | 7,000/7,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 91% | 300/20 |
| LiteWire | Fixed wireless | 90% | 100/25 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Blooming Grove is Monday
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Blooming Grove, from the town’s own site.
This month
- TrashEvery week
From blmgrove.com, the town’s official site, checked Oct 22, 2026; pages dated 2026, 2026-10-06. 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.
Most of Blooming Grove (41%) is in Oregon School District; parts are in Monona Grove School District (27%) and Madison Metropolitan School District (18%) and McFarland School District (13%).
B+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.
Blooming Grove spans 4 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Blooming Grove residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Blooming Grove | ZIP’s residents in Blooming Grove |
|---|---|---|---|
| 53714 | Madison, WI | 48% | 5% |
| 53558 | Mc Farland, WI | 26% | 3% |
| 53718 | Madison, WI | 23% | 2% |
| 53711 | Madison, WI | 2% | 0% |
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 Blooming Grove
Who supplies Blooming Grove’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Mcfarland Waterworks (EPA ID WI1130241). 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 2.1 ppb (Jun–Sep 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Blooming Grove?
Wisconsin Power & Light (Wisconsin Power & Light Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 18.5¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Blooming Grove?
Spectrum, AT&T, TDS Telecom, Frontier, Verizon, LiteWire (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Blooming Grove?
53714 (48%), 53558 (26%), 53718 (23%), 53711 (2%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Blooming Grove in?
Oregon School District. Parts of the city are in Monona Grove School District and Madison Metropolitan School District and McFarland School District.
How do I register to vote in Blooming Grove?
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 Town of Blooming Grove 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: Blooming Grove’s own website (blmgrove.com), read Oct 22, 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.