Photo: I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following license: · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Coloma, WI: what to set up and who to call
New voters sign up with the Town of Coloma Clerk, which runs Coloma’s elections. The closest public drop-off to Coloma is Coloma Collection Site, 1 mile out; the town decides whether residents may use it.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Coloma, 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 Coloma.
Power comes from Wisconsin Power & Light
Wisconsin Power & Light (Wisconsin Power & Light Co), an investor-owned utility, serves 66.8% of Coloma residents. 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 Coloma Waterworks
Coloma Waterworks supplies Coloma: about 8% of residents live in its service area. About 92% 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 454 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 2023, was 1.7 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 67% 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. WI4700265.
5 home internet providers serve Coloma
100% of 592 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 100% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amherst Communications | Fiber | 100% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Bug Tussel | Fiber, Fixed wireless | 99% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Frontier | DSL | 6% | 90/5 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 29% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 15% | 300/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
The nearest public drop-off is 1 miles away
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Coloma.
Coloma Collection Site
N1098 5th Road, Coloma, WI, 54930 · run by Waushara County
This isn’t Coloma’s own facility. Whether Coloma residents may use it is the town’s rule: check visitcoloma.com.
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 Coloma (97%) is in Westfield School District; parts are in Wautoma Area School District (3%).
Test scores and every school: see 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 2023; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Coloma spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Coloma residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Coloma | ZIP’s residents in Coloma |
|---|---|---|---|
| 54930 | Coloma, WI | 94% | 37% |
| 53964 | Westfield, WI | 6% | 1% |
A few homes fall in 54943.
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 Coloma
Who supplies Coloma’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Coloma Waterworks (EPA ID WI4700265). 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 1.7 ppb (Jun–Sep 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Coloma?
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 Coloma?
Amherst Communications, Bug Tussel, Frontier, T-Mobile, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Coloma?
54930 (94%), 53964 (6%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Coloma in?
Westfield School District. Parts of the city are in Wautoma Area School District.
How do I register to vote in Coloma?
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 Coloma 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.