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The Spider Lake handbook

Living in Spider Lake, WI: what to set up and who to call

Power in Spider Lake comes from Bayfield Electric Coop, a cooperative utility rather than a private company. New voters sign up with the Town of Spider Lake Clerk, which runs Spider Lake’s elections.

Trash & dumpWhich school will my kid attend?How do I register to vote?ZIP codes

I’m new in town

What to set up in Spider Lake, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.

PowerBayfield Electric Coopcooperative utilityMore →
InternetWhich providers serve Spider LakeData pending · FCC map (D4)
Trash & dumpFrom the town’s siteTrash and recycling rulesMore →SchoolHayward Community School DistrictWhich school depends on grade and addressMore →Register to voteOnlineRules from vote.govMore →ZIP codes54843, 54517Where people live, not P.O. boxesMore →
Home services

Power, water and internet

Who to call to start service at a new address in Spider Lake.

Electricity

Power comes from Bayfield Electric Coop

Bayfield Electric Coop (Bayfield Electric Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility, serves all of Spider Lake.

Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.

Internet

Which providers serve Spider Lake

Data pending · D4

This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Spider Lake, the share of addresses that can get 100/20 Mbps and the share with fiber, with the map’s “as of” date.

Source to come: FCC Broadband Data Collection.

Trash & recycling

Trash and recycling in Spider Lake

Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Spider Lake, from the town’s own site.

What goes in the recycling bin

Single-stream recycling

All your recyclables go in one bin, no sorting.

  • Aluminum cans
  • Steel and tin cans
  • Plastics numbered #1, #2 or #5
  • Clear, brown, or green glass food or beverage containers
townofspiderlakewi.gov
Furniture, appliances and bulky itemsAppliances with refrigerant $20; without refrigerant $15; electronics and TVs charged by size at the facility

We couldn’t find pickup days or drop-off hours. Check townofspiderlakewi.gov →

From townofspiderlakewi.gov, storage.googleapis.com, the town’s official site, checked Oct 23, 2026; pages dated 2026-10-13. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Spider Lake kids go to
PK–2Hayward Primaryin Hayward
3–5Hayward Intermediatein Hayward
6–8Hayward Middlein Hayward
9–12Hayward Highin Hayward

Most of Spider Lake (97%) is in Hayward Community School District; parts are in Chequamegon School District (3%).

Test scores and every school: see Schools →

U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.

Government & voting

Town hall and registering to vote

Who to call, and how to register.

Town HallBudget, officials, electionsSpider Lake’s government in one page
Who runs elections hereTown of Spider Lake ClerkSpider Lake runs its own elections (town clerk). 10896 W Town Hall RD, Hayward, WI 54843 · (715) 462-3977 · [email protected]FVAP, May 2026
Register to voteOnlineIn 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).vote.govCheck your registration and polling placemyvote.wi.govThe state’s voter lookup

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated May 2026; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Spider Lake spans 2 ZIP codes

ZIP codes where Spider Lake residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of Spider LakeZIP’s residents in Spider Lake
54843Hayward, WI95%4%
54517Clam Lake, WI5%13%

Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.

Everyday places

Getting around, the ER and the library

One line each; the subject pages have the rest.

Nearest emergency roomTamarack Health Hayward Medical Center6.3 miles awayGet a library cardForest Lodge Library13450 County Hwy M · (715) 798-3189

ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.

Questions about living in Spider Lake

Who provides electricity in Spider Lake?

Bayfield Electric Coop (Bayfield Electric Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility.

What ZIP codes are in Spider Lake?

54843 (95%), 54517 (5%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Spider Lake in?

Hayward Community School District. Parts of the city are in Chequamegon School District.

How do I register to vote in Spider 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 Spider Lake Clerk. Check your registration at myvote.wi.gov.

Sources & dates

Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.

  • Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
  • Trash: Spider Lake’s own website (townofspiderlakewi.gov, storage.googleapis.com), 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): pending.