Living in Prairie Lake, WI: what to set up and who to call
An EPA health-based violation from 2024 is still open for Prairie Lake Estates MHP. Power in Prairie Lake comes from Barron Electric Coop, a cooperative utility rather than a private company.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Prairie Lake, 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 Prairie Lake.
Power comes from Barron Electric Coop
Barron Electric Coop (Barron Electric Coop), a cooperative utility, serves all of Prairie Lake. Its homes paid an average of 16.0¢ per kWh in 2025, about $141 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 Prairie Lake Estates MHP
Prairie Lake Estates MHP supplies Prairie Lake: about 9% of residents live in its service area. About 91% 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 25 people in all.
1 health-based violation reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026: a lead and copper treatment requirement (Lead and Copper Rule Revisions), beginning Oct 2024. 78% of the 11,392 systems serving <=100 people had none. 1 older violation is still open, since 2024: a lead and copper treatment requirement (Lead and Copper Rule Revisions), per EPA’s records.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jun–Sep 2015, was 0.6 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. It’s from 2015: 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. WI6030961.
7 home internet providers serve Prairie Lake
99% of 1,050 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 76% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mosaic Technologies | Fiber, DSL | 63% | 2,000/2,000 |
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 56% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Citizens Telephone Cooperative | Fiber | 13% | 2,500/2,500 |
| Brightspeed | DSL | 10% | 80/10 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 57% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 20% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Prairie Lake’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Prairie Lake.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Prairie Lake (65%) is in Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Area School District; parts are in Cameron School District (33%) and Barron Area School District (2%).
B−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 2023; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Prairie Lake spans 3 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Prairie Lake residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Prairie Lake | ZIP’s residents in Prairie Lake |
|---|---|---|---|
| 54728 | Chetek, WI | 75% | 20% |
| 54822 | Cameron, WI | 24% | 9% |
| 54812 | Barron, WI | 1% | 0% |
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 Prairie Lake
Who supplies Prairie Lake’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Prairie Lake Estates MHP (EPA ID WI6030961). It reported 1 health-based violation to EPA in the five years to October 2026: a lead and copper treatment requirement (Lead and Copper Rule Revisions). 78% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.6 ppb (Jun–Sep 2015), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Prairie Lake?
Barron Electric Coop (Barron Electric Coop), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 16.0¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Prairie Lake?
Mosaic Technologies, Spectrum, Citizens Telephone Cooperative, Brightspeed, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Prairie Lake?
54728 (75%), 54822 (24%), 54812 (1%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Prairie Lake in?
Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Area School District. Parts of the city are in Cameron School District and Barron Area School District.
How do I register to vote in Prairie Lake?
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 Prairie Lake 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.