Photo: James Steakley · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Oregon, WI: what to set up and who to call
Oregon Waterworks has a clean five-year EPA record, but its latest lead result, 5.0 ppb, was higher than 90% of similar systems’ (the action level is 15). Oregon runs its own elections, so the Town of Oregon Clerk, not a county office, keeps the voter rolls.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Oregon, 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 Oregon.
Power comes from Wisconsin Power & Light
Wisconsin Power & Light (Wisconsin Power & Light Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Oregon. 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 Oregon Waterworks
Oregon Waterworks supplies Oregon: about 2% of residents live in its service area. About 98% 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 11,200 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 83% of the 3,525 systems serving 10,001–50,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jun–Sep 2023, was 5.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 8.3 ppb. That’s higher than 90% 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. WI1130251.
10 home internet providers serve Oregon
90% of 1,289 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 33% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 86% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Frontier | DSL | 34% | 10/1 |
| TDS Telecom | Fiber, DSL | 24% | 1,000/1,000 |
| LiteWire | Fixed wireless | 80% | 100/25 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 32% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 28% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Oregon depends on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Oregon, from the town’s own site and the hauler or county pages it links to.
Your pickup week
- TrashEvery week, on your street’s dayLook up your day on oregonwi.gov
- RecyclingEvery week
From oregonwi.gov, the town’s official site; pellitteri.com, which vil.oregon.wi.us links to for trash, checked Oct 21, 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.
Most of Oregon (82%) is in Oregon School District; parts are in Belleville School District (18%).
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.
Oregon spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Oregon residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Oregon | ZIP’s residents in Oregon |
|---|---|---|---|
| 53575 | Oregon, WI | 77% | 14% |
| 53521 | Brooklyn, WI | 23% | 19% |
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 Oregon
Who supplies Oregon’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Oregon Waterworks (EPA ID WI1130251). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 83% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 5.0 ppb (Jun–Sep 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Oregon?
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 Oregon?
Spectrum, Frontier, TDS Telecom, LiteWire, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Oregon?
53575 (77%), 53521 (23%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Oregon in?
Oregon School District. Parts of the city are in Belleville School District.
How do I register to vote in Oregon?
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 Oregon 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: Oregon’s own website (oregonwi.gov) and the hauler or county pages it links to (pellitteri.com), read Oct 21, 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.