Living in Hunter, WI: what to set up and who to call
Power in Hunter comes from Bayfield Electric Coop, a cooperative utility rather than a private company. Elections in Hunter are run by Hunter itself; register with the Town of Hunter Clerk.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Hunter, 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 Hunter.
Power comes from Bayfield Electric Coop
Bayfield Electric Coop (Bayfield Electric Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility, serves all of Hunter.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from New Post water system
The New Post water system supplies Hunter: about 6% 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 150 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 Jan–Dec 2025, was 2.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 7.0 ppb. That’s higher than 70% 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. 055295301.
Which providers serve Hunter
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Hunter, the share of addresses that can get 100/20 Mbps and the share with fiber, with the map’s “as of” date.
Source to come: FCC Broadband Data Collection.
We don’t have Hunter’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Hunter.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Hunter (96%) is in Hayward Community School District; parts are in Winter School District (4%).
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.
Hunter spans 3 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Hunter residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Hunter | ZIP’s residents in Hunter |
|---|---|---|---|
| 54843 | Hayward, WI | 60% | 4% |
| 54828 | Couderay, WI | 39% | 50% |
| 54896 | Winter, WI | 1% | 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 Hunter
Who supplies Hunter’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The New Post water system (EPA ID 055295301). 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 2.0 ppb (Jan–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Hunter?
Bayfield Electric Coop (Bayfield Electric Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility.
What ZIP codes are in Hunter?
54843 (60%), 54828 (39%), 54896 (1%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Hunter in?
Hayward Community School District. Parts of the city are in Winter School District.
How do I register to vote in Hunter?
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 Hunter 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): pending.