Living in Calamus, WI: what to set up and who to call
Power in Calamus comes from Adams-Columbia Electric Coop, a cooperative utility rather than a private company. New voters sign up with the Town of Calamus Clerk, which runs Calamus’ elections.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Calamus, 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 Calamus.
Power comes from Adams-Columbia Electric Coop
Adams-Columbia Electric Coop (Adams-Columbia Electric Coop), a cooperative utility, serves 64.4% of Calamus residents. Its homes paid an average of 19.0¢ per kWh in 2025, about $122 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 Maple Grove MHP
Maple Grove MHP supplies Calamus: about 11% of residents live in its service area. About 89% 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 125 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 77% of the 15,074 systems serving 101–500 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jun–Sep 2021, was 0.3 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. It’s from 2021: EPA has no newer result for this system.
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. WI1140135.
8 home internet providers serve Calamus
88% of 503 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 63% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Fiber, Cable | 81% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Brightspeed | DSL | 4% | 40/3 |
| Bertram Communications | Fixed wireless | 93% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 40% | 300/20 |
| Netwurx | Fixed wireless | 39% | 100/20 |
| UpNetWI | Fixed wireless | 36% | 100/30 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Calamus’ trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Calamus.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Calamus (45%) is in Beaver Dam School District; parts are in Columbus School District (27%) and Fall River School District (24%) and Randolph School District (4%).
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.
Calamus spans 4 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Calamus residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Calamus | ZIP’s residents in Calamus |
|---|---|---|---|
| 53916 | Beaver Dam, WI | 61% | 3% |
| 53925 | Columbus, WI | 26% | 3% |
| 53932 | Fall River, WI | 8% | 3% |
| 53956 | Randolph, WI | 5% | 1% |
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 Calamus
Who supplies Calamus’ drinking water, and has it had violations?
Maple Grove MHP (EPA ID WI1140135). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 77% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.3 ppb (Jun–Sep 2021), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Calamus?
Adams-Columbia Electric Coop (Adams-Columbia Electric Coop), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 19.0¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Calamus?
Spectrum, Brightspeed, Bertram Communications, Verizon, Netwurx, UpNetWI (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Calamus?
53916 (61%), 53925 (26%), 53932 (8%), 53956 (5%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Calamus in?
Beaver Dam School District. Parts of the city are in Columbus School District and Fall River School District and Randolph School District.
How do I register to vote in Calamus?
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 Calamus 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: 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 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.