 Mailbox
Reminders
Your mailbox is not only a receptacle for
your mail but helps others find your house. The ones looking for
you could be the rescue squad, police, fire department, or out
of town guests. Please put your street address on your mailbox.
It will help everyone.
If the mailbox or the post is not in good
condition, snow from the plow blade could damage the mailbox and
interrupt your mail service. Please check your mailbox as this
is the property owner’s responsibility.
Mailbox Installation Specifications
The following regulations comply
with the National Safety Council and the Federal Highway
Administration regulations:
- Mailbox must be properly
installed so as to allow for convenient servicing by the
letter carrier.
- The use of a group mailbox
stand (i.e. a number of mailboxes on one support) is
encouraged where possible. This helps letter carriers speed
up delivery and avoids damage by snowplows.
- Only United States Postal
Service approved mailboxes may be used.
- Without curb, mailboxes should
be installed 12 inches off the roadway, with curb they
should be installed 6-8 inches off the roadway.
- The bottom of the mailbox
should be 40-44 inches above the pavement surface.
- The ideal mailbox support is
an assembly which, if struck, bends or falls away from the
striking vehicle instead of severely damaging the vehicle
and injuring its occupants. Mailbox supports no larger than
4 inches by 4 inches or 4 ½ inch wood posts, or 2 inch
diameter standard steel or aluminum pipe, buried no more
than 24 inches in the ground, should safely breakaway if
struck by a vehicle.
- The use of heavy metal posts,
concrete posts, and miscellaneous items of farm equipment
such as milk cans filled with concrete is not permitted. A
brick, stone or any cement structure of a permanent nature
is strictly prohibited.
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