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Alger County, Michigan

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet MI003 · Alger County 87 sys · 1,987 viol · #2365/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-NONE · SRC-GW · SYS-MID · BOOK-MOST

  • VIOL-SEVERE 81.6% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 19.3% health
  • RANK-LOWER #2365/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.2 pp
  • PFAS-NONE No UCMR5 set
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-MID 87 systems
  • BOOK-MOST 6/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Delta County ( -0.2 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Alger County ranks #2,365 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #71 of 83 counties in Michigan. See methodology · corpus placement.

Alger County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 81.6% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 19.3% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . No UCMR5 tests in this extract for Alger County . Population served ranks #2,365 of 3,254 · #71 of 83 in Michigan.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Alger County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Alger County on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Oscoda · lowest Delta · near Hillsdale · near Menominee · highest 52.9% 81% 81.4% 81.6% 81.8% 82.2% 100%

Source: EPA SDWIS (county aggregates) As of 2026-05-15

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Munising 2,783 38 -
Munising Industrial Park 465 5 -
Burt Township 411 27 -
Chatham 300 114 -
Pictured Rocks RV Park & Campground 288 0 -
Bear Den 200 50 -
Mdot - Scott Falls, P232 200 5 -
Mdot - Kiva R.p., P206 200 6 -
Mdot - Deer Lake R.p., P230 200 5 -
Mdot - Grand Island Overlook, P238 200 1 -
Tractor Supply - Wetmore 200 27 -
Autrain Beach Campground 200 0 -
Mathias Township 175 66 -
Quality Inn - (Rm130-147/230-247/Pool) 160 0 -
Quality Inn - (Rm101-112/201-212/Food) 150 66 -
Quality Inn - (Rm114-127/214-226) 150 0 -
White Pine Lodge 150 31 -
KOA Munsing Campground 145 33 -
Buckhorn Management Group, LLC 144 3 -
Americinn - Munising 125 22 -
Holiday Inn Express - Munising 110 10 -
Usnps - Grand Sable Visitor Center 100 4 -
Munising Baptist School 100 89 -
Circle K - Wetmore #2746416 100 15 -
Pictured Rocks Golf Course 80 33 -
Usfs - Autrain Lake Campground 75 28 -
Duck Pond 75 11 -
Bear Trap Inn 75 45 -
DNR-Kingston Lake Cg 75 7 -
Usnps - Miners Castle 75 10 -
Usnps - Little Beaver 75 7 -
Usnps - 12 Mile East 75 7 -
Usnps - Lower Hurricane 75 3 -
Usnps - Sable Falls 75 3 -
Usnps - Upper Hurricane 75 2 -
Autrain-Onota Public School 63 104 -
Dollar General #22278 - Trenary 55 3 -
Usfs - Widewaters Campground Well House 50 34 -
DNR-Forest Lake Cg 50 28 -
Usnps - 12 Mile West 50 5 -
Foggy's Bar 50 125 -
Boarders Inn & Suites 50 26 -
Usfs - Bay Furnace Campground 50 15 -
Miners Falls Mini Golf 50 9 -
Midway General Store 50 22 -
Joeida Campground 50 0 -
Pictured Rocks Trading Company 50 3 -
Hillcrest Motel 45 16 -
Munising Seventh-Day Adventist Church 40 14 -
Dana`s Lakeside Resort 40 12 -

Compare beyond Michigan

Lower-flagged peers for Alger County

Cross-state counties nearest Alger County on flagged-system share (81.6%) and cumulative violation count (1,987). In-state neighbours stay on the compliance plate above.

Similar flagged-system rate

Nearest cross-state counties by % of SDWIS systems with at least one violation on record.

4 peers

Similar violation load

Nearest cross-state counties by cumulative SDWIS violation count (all systems in the county).

4 peers

Read our methodology · Check your water system - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

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