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Ashe County, North Carolina

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet NC009 · Ashe County 36 sys · 4,805 viol · #2601/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 91.7% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 5.7% health
  • RANK-LOWER #2601/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.2 pp
  • PFAS-NONE No UCMR5 set
  • SRC-GW GW lead 94%
  • SYS-SMALL 36 systems
  • BOOK-MOST 6/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Ashe County ranks #2,601 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #94 of 100 counties in North Carolina. See methodology · corpus placement.

Ashe County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 91.7% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 5.7% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . No UCMR5 tests in this extract for Ashe County . Population served ranks #2,601 of 3,254 · #94 of 100 in North Carolina.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Ashe County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Gates · lowest Ashe · this county Gaston · near Tyrrell · highest 50% 91.5% 91.7% 92% 92.2% 92.3% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Jefferson, Town Of 1,470 88 -
West Jefferson, Town Of 1,321 353 -
Jefferson Landing 653 1,069 -
Ashe County Middle School 520 61 -
Fleetwood Falls Water System 519 54 -
Blue Ridge Elem School 410 42 -
Raccoon Holler Campground 400 11 -
Blue Ridge Manor-Nikanor Sect 320 166 -
Lansing, Town Of 228 627 -
Fairway Ridge Water Assoc Inc 173 317 -
Twin Rivers Family Campground 133 122 -
United Chemi-Con 130 196 -
Buffalo Meadows S/D 120 379 -
Jeffress Park 100 23 -
Laurel Mountain Estates 70 51 -
Blue Ridge Mnr Ashe Lake Beaver Crk Sec 51 137 -
Blue Ridge Manor Ash Lake-Holiday Ln Sec 46 328 -
DOT-Smethport Maint Yard 31 151 -
Ashe Baptist Summer Camp 30 49 -
Ashe County Park 25 58 -
Glendale Springs Inn Inc 25 72 -
Higgins Lodge 25 59 -
Laurel Ridge Camp 25 47 -
Mountain Aire Seafood & Steaks 25 49 -
Mount Jefferson State Park 25 18 -
New River St Park-No 3 25 31 -
Old Glendale Schoolhouse 25 114 -
River House Bed & Breakfast 25 19 -
Dollar General #17263 25 24 -
Creston Superette 25 25 -
Riverview Community Center 25 28 -
New River St Park-US 221 No 4 25 11 -
Mt Jefferson St Natural Area Summit #1 25 26 -
Dollar General #23542 25 0 -
Dollar General #24229 25 0 -
Juarez Convenience Store 25 0 -

Compare beyond North Carolina

Lower-flagged peers for Ashe County

Cross-state counties nearest Ashe County on flagged-system share (91.7%) and cumulative violation count (4,805). 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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