Photo: self · CC BY-SA 2.5Living in Kiel, WI: what to set up and who to call
Kiel runs its own electric utility, City of Kiel. Trash goes out on Mondays in Kiel.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Kiel, 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 Kiel.
Power comes from City of Kiel
City of Kiel (City of Kiel - (WI)), a municipal utility, serves 98.4% of Kiel residents.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Kiel Waterworks
Kiel Waterworks supplies Kiel: about 86% of residents live in its service area. About 14% 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 3,932 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 80% of the 5,012 systems serving 3,301–10,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jun–Sep 2025, was 0.8 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 6.5 ppb. That’s lower than 59% 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. WI4360427.
6 home internet providers serve Kiel
100% of 1,564 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 1% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 92% | 1,000/35 |
| Frontier | DSL | 67% | 45/3 |
| Bertram Communications | Fixed wireless | 100% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 76% | 25/6 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 9% | 25/3 |
| Bug Tussel | Fixed wireless | 9% | 50/8 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Kiel is Monday
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Kiel, from the town’s own site.
This month
- TrashEvery week
Accepted at the curb
- Food & household bottles, jars, & jugs
- Dairy containers & lids
- Soda, water, & other drink bottles
- Produce, bakery, & deli containers & lids
- Cardboard & Paperboard (Food Boxes)
- Envelopes, Junk mail & Catalogs
- Office & School paper
- Aluminum bottles & cans
- Glass food & beverage
- Steel, tin cans
- Bottles & jars
Keller Community Drop-off Site
414 8th Street
From multisiteadmin-production.s3.amazonaws.com, d14tal8bchn59o.cloudfront.net, kielwi.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 23, 2026; pages dated 2026. 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.
Kiel is in Kiel Area School District.
A−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.
Kiel is in ZIP code 53042
ZIP codes where Kiel residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Kiel | ZIP’s residents in Kiel |
|---|---|---|---|
| 53042 | Kiel, WI | 100% | 57% |
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 Kiel
Who supplies Kiel’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Kiel Waterworks (EPA ID WI4360427). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 80% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.8 ppb (Jun–Sep 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Kiel?
City of Kiel (City of Kiel - (WI)), a municipal utility.
What internet providers serve Kiel?
Spectrum, Frontier, Bertram Communications, Verizon, T-Mobile, Bug Tussel (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Kiel?
53042. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Kiel in?
Kiel Area School District.
How do I register to vote in Kiel?
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 Kiel 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: Kiel’s own website (multisiteadmin-production.s3.amazonaws.com, d14tal8bchn59o.cloudfront.net, kielwi.gov), read Oct 23, 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.