Big Sand Lake Club · Photo: Sa magnuson33 · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Phelps, WI: what to set up and who to call
New voters sign up with the Town of Phelps Clerk, which runs Phelps’ elections. Phelps School District runs the public schools in Phelps.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Phelps, 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 Phelps.
Power comes from We Energies
We Energies (Wisconsin Electric Power Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Phelps. Its homes paid an average of 20.5¢ per kWh in 2025, about $131 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 Phelps Sanitary District
Phelps Sanitary District supplies Phelps: about 4% of residents live in its service area. About 96% 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 550 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 5,327 systems serving 501–1,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jul–Oct 2020, was 1.2 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. It’s from 2020: EPA has no newer result for this system.
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. WI7640114.
6 home internet providers serve Phelps
60% of 1,745 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 30% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frontier | DSL | 51% | 70/3 |
| Spectrum | Fiber, Cable | 41% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 40% | 300/20 |
| Bug Tussel | Fixed wireless | 25% | 50/8 |
| SonicNet | Fixed wireless | 20% | 100/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 9% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash and recycling in Phelps
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Phelps, from the town’s own site.
Phelps Recycling Center
4351 DNR Vista Lane, Phelps, WI
We couldn’t find its opening hours.
Accepted at the curb
- Paper and cardboard
- Magazines, newspapers, office paper
- Aluminum beverage containers
- Tin cans
- Glass bottles
- Plastic containers
From phelpswi.gov, storage.googleapis.com, the town’s official site, checked Oct 22, 2026; pages dated January 1, 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 Phelps (99%) is in Phelps School District.
DSchool 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.
Phelps spans 4 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Phelps residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Phelps | ZIP’s residents in Phelps |
|---|---|---|---|
| 54554 | Phelps, WI | 84% | 100% |
| 54540 | Land O Lakes, WI | 8% | 10% |
| 54521 | Eagle River, WI | 5% | 1% |
| 54519 | Conover, WI | 3% | 3% |
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 Phelps
Who supplies Phelps’ drinking water, and has it had violations?
Phelps Sanitary District (EPA ID WI7640114). 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 1.2 ppb (Jul–Oct 2020), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Phelps?
We Energies (Wisconsin Electric Power Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 20.5¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Phelps?
Frontier, Spectrum, Verizon, Bug Tussel, SonicNet, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Phelps?
54554 (84%), 54540 (8%), 54521 (5%), 54519 (3%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Phelps in?
Phelps School District.
How do I register to vote in Phelps?
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 Phelps 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: Phelps’ own website (phelpswi.gov, storage.googleapis.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.