Photo: Bobak Ha'Eri · CC BY 3.0Living in Hurley, WI: what to set up and who to call
Tap water in Hurley comes from Hurley Waterworks, which has a clean five-year EPA record (about 22% of systems its size had a health-based violation) and a latest lead result of 0.3 ppb. Power in Hurley comes from Bayfield Electric Coop, a cooperative utility rather than a private company.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Hurley, 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 Hurley.
Power comes from Bayfield Electric Coop
Bayfield Electric Coop (Bayfield Electric Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility, serves all of Hurley.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Hurley Waterworks
Hurley Waterworks supplies almost all of Hurley. It buys treated ground water (EPA lists Ironwood and Montreal Waterworks as sellers) and serves 1,515 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 7,966 systems serving 1,001–3,300 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jun–Sep 2023, was 0.3 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s lower than 61% 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. WI8260116.
5 home internet providers serve Hurley
92% of 870 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 69% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 90% | 1,000/50 |
| Brightspeed | Fiber, DSL | 80% | 2,000/2,000 |
| Bug Tussel | Fixed wireless | 96% | 25/5 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 70% | 100/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 16% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Hurley’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Hurley.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Hurley is in Hurley School District.
BSchool 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 2023; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Hurley is in ZIP code 54534
ZIP codes where Hurley residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Hurley | ZIP’s residents in Hurley |
|---|---|---|---|
| 54534 | Hurley, WI | 100% | 63% |
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 Hurley
Who supplies Hurley’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Hurley Waterworks (EPA ID WI8260116). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 78% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.3 ppb (Jun–Sep 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Hurley?
Bayfield Electric Coop (Bayfield Electric Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility.
What internet providers serve Hurley?
Spectrum, Brightspeed, Bug Tussel, AT&T, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Hurley?
54534. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Hurley in?
Hurley School District.
How do I register to vote in Hurley?
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 City of Hurley 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.