Photo: Paul Hermans · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Ten Sleep, WY: what to set up and who to call
Tap water in Ten Sleep comes from the Town of Ten Sleep water system, which has a clean five-year EPA record (about 23% of systems its size had a health-based violation) and a latest lead result below detection. Power in Ten Sleep comes from Big Horn Rural Electric, a cooperative utility rather than a private company.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Ten Sleep, 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 Ten Sleep.
Power comes from Big Horn Rural Electric
Big Horn Rural Electric (Big Horn Rural Electric Co), a cooperative utility, serves all of Ten Sleep.
Start or move service: bighornrea.com · (307) 568-2419
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Town of Ten Sleep water system
The Town of Ten Sleep water system supplies Ten Sleep: about 93% of residents live in its service area. About 7% 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 400 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 77% of the 15,074 systems serving 101–500 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2025, was 0.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. Results below detection are reported as 0, so 0 doesn’t mean no lead at any tap.
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. WY5600203.
2 home internet providers serve Ten Sleep
100% of 161 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 100% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| TCT Internet | Fiber, DSL | 100% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 75% | 300/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Ten Sleep’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Ten Sleep.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Ten Sleep is in Washakie County School District 2.
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.
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.
Ten Sleep is in ZIP code 82442
ZIP codes where Ten Sleep residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Ten Sleep | ZIP’s residents in Ten Sleep |
|---|---|---|---|
| 82442 | Ten Sleep, WY | 100% | 33% |
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 Ten Sleep
Who supplies Ten Sleep’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Town of Ten Sleep water system (EPA ID WY5600203). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 77% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.0 ppb (Jan–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Ten Sleep?
Big Horn Rural Electric (Big Horn Rural Electric Co), a cooperative utility.
What internet providers serve Ten Sleep?
TCT Internet, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Ten Sleep?
82442. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Ten Sleep in?
Washakie County School District 2.
How do I register to vote in Ten Sleep?
Wyoming has no online registration; you can register in person up to and including Election Day or by mail (received 14 days before). Elections here are run by the Washakie County Clerk. Check your registration at sos.wyo.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.