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Baraga County, Michigan

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet MI013 · Baraga County 23 sys · 469 viol · #2740/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 95.7% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 29.6% health
  • RANK-BOTTOM #2740/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.1 pp
  • PFAS-NONE No UCMR5 set
  • SRC-GW GW lead 91%
  • SYS-SMALL 23 systems
  • BOOK-MOST 6/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Genesee County (+ 0.1 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Baraga County ranks #2,740 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #81 of 83 counties in Michigan. See methodology · corpus placement.

Baraga County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 95.7% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 29.6% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . No UCMR5 tests in this extract for Baraga County . Population served ranks #2,740 of 3,254 · #81 of 83 in Michigan.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Baraga County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Oscoda · lowest Baraga · this county Clinton · near Menominee · highest 52.9% 95.3% 95.7% 95.7% 95.7% 95.8% 100%

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

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Mid-flagged peers for Baraga County

Cross-state counties nearest Baraga County on flagged-system share (95.7%) and cumulative violation count (469). 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.

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Similar violation load

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

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

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