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Buffalo County, Nebraska

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet NE019 · Buffalo County 43 sys · 1,147 viol · #1050/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 93.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-HIGH 55.3% health
  • RANK-UPPER #1050/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.3 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 88%
  • SYS-MID 43 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Butler County (+ 0.3 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Buffalo County ranks #1,050 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #5 of 93 counties in Nebraska. See methodology · corpus placement.

Buffalo County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 93.0% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 55.3% is health-based share above the upper 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 #1,050 of 3,254 · #5 of 93 in Nebraska.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Buffalo County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Kimball · lowest Buffalo · this county Dawes · near Blaine · highest 57.1% 92.3% 93% 93.3% 93.8% 93.8% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Kearney, City Of 34,000 37 Clean
Gibbon, City Of 1,878 100 -
Ravenna, City Of 1,457 40 -
Shelton, Village Of 1,059 47 -
Elm Creek, Village Of 901 17 -
Cornerstone Berean Church 470 4 -
Buffalo Co Sid 3 - Glenwood Estates 400 83 -
Pleasanton, Village Of 367 0 -
Iain Niclsn Audubon Cntr-Rowe Sanctuary 330 4 -
Amherst, Village Of 295 34 -
Pilot Travel Center 901 225 29 -
Riverdale, Village Of 210 87 -
Sunset View Mobile Home Park 200 58 -
Little USA 200 29 -
Windmill Sra - Ng & Pc 200 4 -
Miller, Village Of 136 35 -
Glenwood (Elementary) School 100 2 -
West Side Trailer Court 100 12 -
Ravenna Subway 74 4 -
Clearview Utilities Corp 69 50 -
Gibbon Valley View Municipal Golf Course 60 36 -
War Axe Sra - Ng & Pc 60 21 -
Kaapa Ethanol Ravenna LLC 56 18 -
1733 Estates Associates 50 16 -
Wood River Valley Mobile Home Park 48 48 -
Union Pacific Sra - Ng & Pc 30 23 -
Hy Vee - Kearney 26 0 -
Buffalo Ridge Golf Course 25 50 -
Polar Station - Builders 25 6 -
Polar Station - Faith Methodist Church 25 4 -
Central Nebraska Shooting Range 25 6 -
New Life Assembly Church and Daycare 25 3 -
The 4 Seasons RV Park 25 26 -
Walmart Supercenter 0598 25 13 -
Boogaarts Food Store 25 4 -
Ravenna Dnp X, LLC (Dollar General) 25 10 -
Cottonmill Park (Seasonal) 25 5 -
Cottonmill Park (Non-Seasonal) 25 0 -
Fort Kearney Trading Post 25 12 -
Sunset Inn 25 77 -
Sapp Brothers Odessa 25 51 -
Kearney Eastbound Rest Area 25 34 -
Kearney Westbound Rest Area 25 8 -

Compare beyond Nebraska

Mid-flagged peers for Buffalo County

Cross-state counties nearest Buffalo County on flagged-system share (93.0%) and cumulative violation count (1,147). 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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