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Branch County, Michigan

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet MI023 · Branch County 82 sys · 1,931 viol · #1271/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 86.6% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 17.3% health
  • RANK-UPPER #1271/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.2 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-MID 82 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Branch County ranks #1,271 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #42 of 83 counties in Michigan. See methodology · corpus placement.

Branch County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 86.6% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 17.3% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 0.0% is UCMR5 detect rate at or below the tested-pool lower third (≤ 0.0%) . Population served ranks #1,271 of 3,254 · #42 of 83 in Michigan.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Branch County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Oscoda · lowest Gladwin · near Grand Traverse · near Menominee · highest 52.9% 86.3% 86.4% 86.6% 87.2% 87.4% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Coldwater 13,822 6 Clean
Bronson 2,421 4 -
Union City 1,630 18 -
Quincy 1,544 18 -
Butler Motor Speedway 1,200 43 -
Waffle Farm Campground - System 1 1,000 10 -
Waffle Farm Campground - System 2 1,000 0 -
Sunset Cove Resort - Apartments 814 0 -
Sunset Cove Resort - Campground 802 1 -
Cottonwood Resort 400 23 -
Lockwood Community Church 400 5 -
Kick N' Kountry Restaurant 400 22 -
Cottonwood Resort Store 400 2 -
Pine Ridge Bible Church 300 26 -
Green Acres Campground & RV Pk 254 9 -
Quincy Park 252 4 -
Dollar General #25748 - Bronson 252 4 -
Woodland Oaks Campground 250 22 -
Dollar General #24357 - Coldwater 250 3 -
Bill's Grill House 235 15 -
Potawatomie Campground & Rec Area 200 23 -
Lakeside Marine Resort 200 3 -
Mdot - Coldwater Welcome Ctr, 716 Nb 200 20 -
Honey Lake Campground 200 5 -
Potawatomie Recreation Area 200 18 -
Potawatomie Campground & Rec Area 4 Inch 200 1 -
Angel Cove Park 180 4 -
Northview Christian Church 170 18 -
Coldwater Lake Campground 156 5 -
Quincy Golf Course 150 3 -
Pleasant Hill Mission Church 150 14 -
Trees Church 150 20 -
Happy Hollow RV Resort 140 12 -
Narrows Campground, LLC 130 8 -
Lakeside Estates Subdivision 125 32 -
Something's Fishy Around Here LLC 120 6 -
Lighthouse Funeral & Cremation Services 105 0 -
Arbor View 100 355 -
Memorial Park 100 16 -
Bent Prop Pub 100 34 -
Bahrs Mobile Home Resort 100 16 -
Short's on the Water 100 29 -
Dollar General #23013 - Kinderhook 100 0 -
Dollar General - Montgomery 100 0 -
L.mayer Great Lakes Glads, Inc 88 13 -
Avra Estates 87 77 -
Cambridge Village 80 48 -
Church of the Nazarene-Coldwater 80 31 -
Calvary Baptist Church-Quincy 80 15 -
Moose Lodge 677 80 59 -

Compare beyond Michigan

Lower-flagged peers for Branch County

Cross-state counties nearest Branch County on flagged-system share (86.6%) and cumulative violation count (1,931). 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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