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Barton County, Kansas

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet KS009 · Barton County 16 sys · 1,473 viol · #1663/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-HIGH · SRC-GW · SYS-SMALL · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 10.5% health
  • RANK-MID #1663/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 100.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-SMALL 16 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Johnson County (+ 0 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Barton County ranks #1,663 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #26 of 105 counties in Kansas. See methodology · corpus placement.

Barton County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 100.0% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 10.5% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 100.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #1,663 of 3,254 · #26 of 105 in Kansas.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Barton County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Chase · lowest Greeley · highest Wyandotte · near Leavenworth · near 85.7% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Great Bend, City Of 14,580 78 Detected
Hoisington, City Of 2,657 211 -
Ellinwood, City Of 1,989 11 -
Barton County Community College 1,000 22 -
Great Bend Industrial Park 700 14 -
Claflin, City Of 553 34 -
Barton Co RWD 2 368 173 -
Redbarn Pet Products 250 81 -
Pawnee Rock, City Of 190 83 -
Barton Hills Addition 176 147 -
Albert, City Of 128 37 -
Olmitz, City Of 91 39 -
Doonan Specialized Trailer LLC 58 307 -
Susank, City Of 28 30 -
Camp Aldrich Conference Center 25 28 -
Odin Store 25 178 -

Compare beyond Kansas

Mid-flagged peers for Barton County

Cross-state counties nearest Barton County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (1,473). 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
Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

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