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Benzie County, Michigan

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet MI019 · Benzie County 113 sys · 1,325 viol · #1525/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 71.7% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 9.8% health
  • RANK-MID #1525/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.1 pp
  • PFAS-NONE No UCMR5 set
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-MID 113 systems
  • BOOK-MOST 6/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Marquette County ( -0.1 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Benzie County ranks #1,525 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #53 of 83 counties in Michigan. See methodology · corpus placement.

Benzie County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 71.7% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 9.8% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . No UCMR5 tests in this extract for Benzie County . Population served ranks #1,525 of 3,254 · #53 of 83 in Michigan.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Benzie County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Oscoda · lowest Benzie · this county Bay · near Menominee · highest 52.9% 71.6% 71.7% 72% 72.4% 72.9% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Frankfort, City Of 1,286 38 -
West Side Community Church - Youth Activ 950 0 -
Benzie High/Middle School 800 19 -
Benzie High/Middle School - Alt Ed. Buil 800 0 -
Almira Township Hall & Park 750 4 -
Crystal Mountain Resort & Spa 700 128 -
Turtle Lake Campground 700 5 -
Turtle Lake Campground - 400 700 0 -
Congregational Summer Assembly 650 12 -
Wesco #24 600 9 -
Benzonia Village Of 511 45 -
Lake Ann Camp 500 27 -
Slbe Platte River Cg Pr1p 500 10 -
Lake Ann Camp - Campground 500 28 -
Timberline Gas Station (Store #263) 500 15 -
Lake Ann Camp - Ironwood 500 0 -
Lake Ann Camp - Charlevoix 500 0 -
Timberline Campground Inc. 473 2 -
Timberline Campground Inc. 2 473 0 -
Thompsonville, Village Of 438 51 -
Platte River Inn 400 2 -
Dollar General - Frankfort 400 0 -
Beulah, Village Of 380 156 -
Elberta, Village Of 372 33 -
Mountain View Mini-Mart 350 0 -
Sweet's Bar & Grill 300 8 -
Old Almira Township Hall & Library 300 10 -
Lake Ann UMC 300 4 -
Betsie River Campsite 300 3 -
Mudgie's 300 16 -
New Covenant Christian Academy 299 22 -
Interlochen Eagles Campground 264 10 -
Lake Ann Elementary 260 0 -
Cherry Bowl Drive-in Theater 250 0 -
Dollar General - Interlochen (Dg-25359) 240 0 -
Mountain Valley Campground 230 3 -
Baymont Inn & Suites - Beulah 215 9 -
Blaine Christian Church 215 2 -
DNR-Platte River Fish Hatchery 200 6 -
The Manitou Restaurant 200 9 -
Benzonia Township Park 200 0 -
Frankfort Crystal Lake RV Resort 200 0 -
Homestead Hills Elementary School 200 9 -
Camp Leelanau/Kohahna - Camp Headquarter 200 0 -
Inn at Water Vale 180 12 -
Smeltzer Orchards 180 0 -
St. Andrews Church 180 6 -
Inn at Water Vale - Margaret 180 0 -
Inn at Water Vale - Mary Ellen/Irish/Cec 180 0 -
Inn at Water Vale - Johanna 180 0 -

Compare beyond Michigan

Lower-flagged peers for Benzie County

Cross-state counties nearest Benzie County on flagged-system share (71.7%) and cumulative violation count (1,325). 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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