Living in Drummond, WI: what to set up and who to call
Power in Drummond comes from Bayfield Electric Coop, a cooperative utility rather than a private company. Voting is local here: the Town of Drummond Clerk registers voters and runs elections, not the county.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Drummond, 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 Drummond.
Power comes from Bayfield Electric Coop
Bayfield Electric Coop (Bayfield Electric Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility, serves all of Drummond.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Drummond Sanitary District
Drummond Sanitary District supplies Drummond: about 24% of residents live in its service area. About 76% 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 500 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 1.2 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 62% 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. WI8040129.
2 home internet providers serve Drummond
94% of 605 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 94% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norvado | Fiber | 95% | 1,000/1,000 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 26% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash and recycling in Drummond
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Drummond, from the town’s own site.
Drummond Drop-off
50650 Highway 63, Drummond, WI 54832
- Wed4 pm–7 pm
- Sat9 am–noon
From drummondwi.com, the town’s official site, checked Oct 22, 2026; pages dated 2017, 2026-10-19. 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.
Drummond is in Drummond Area School District.
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 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Drummond spans 4 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Drummond residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Drummond | ZIP’s residents in Drummond |
|---|---|---|---|
| 54832 | Drummond, WI | 90% | 100% |
| 54821 | Cable, WI | 6% | 2% |
| 54839 | Grand View, WI | 3% | 5% |
| 54856 | Mason, WI | 1% | 0% |
A few homes fall in 54873.
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 Drummond
Who supplies Drummond’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Drummond Sanitary District (EPA ID WI8040129). 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 1.2 ppb (Jun–Sep 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Drummond?
Bayfield Electric Coop (Bayfield Electric Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility.
What internet providers serve Drummond?
Norvado, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Drummond?
54832 (90%), 54821 (6%), 54839 (3%), 54856 (1%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Drummond in?
Drummond Area School District.
How do I register to vote in Drummond?
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 Drummond 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: Drummond’s own website (drummondwi.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.