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Carlton County, Minnesota

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet MN017 · Carlton County 76 sys · 578 viol · #1581/3254

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

  • VIOL-HIGH 44.7% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 41.5% health
  • RANK-MID #1581/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 100.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 97%
  • SYS-MID 76 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Carlton County ranks #1,581 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #37 of 87 counties in Minnesota. See methodology · corpus placement.

Carlton County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 44.7% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 41.5% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 100.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #1,581 of 3,254 · #37 of 87 in Minnesota.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Carlton County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Mahnomen · lowest Brown · near Benton · near Watonwan · highest 22.2% 42.9% 43.8% 44.7% 44.8% 45% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Cloquet 12,864 16 Detected
Moose Lake 1,782 54 -
Esko Public School, ISD #99 1,200 65 -
Carlton 1,146 4 -
Scanlon 1,003 28 -
Culkin Rest Area MNDOT 1,001 31 -
MN Correctional Facility - Moose Lake 975 36 -
Barnum 621 57 -
Wrenshall 399 0 -
Cromwell 250 10 -
Kettle River 168 1 -
Apostolic Lutheran Church 150 14 -
Covenant Park Bible Camp 120 7 -
Farmer's Co-op Company 120 0 -
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church 100 11 -
Big Lake Golf Resort 100 0 -
Caywood Country Store Esko 100 7 -
Knife Island Campground 100 37 -
Sweetly Kismet Candy Store 100 0 -
Esko Sports Complex 100 0 -
Elim Lutheran Church 75 0 -
West Side Church 75 0 -
Rugged Spruce Golf Course 75 0 -
Cloquet/Duluth KOA 75 0 -
Tequi Town 75 0 -
Salem Lutheran Church 70 7 -
Family Worship Church 60 0 -
Evangelical Free Church 60 7 -
Bent Trout Lake Campground 60 0 -
RAM Mutual Insurance Company 60 0 -
Park Lake Restaurant and Saloon 50 7 -
Bethany Lutheran Church 50 0 -
Big Lake Shores Campground 50 0 -
Island Lake Campground 50 0 -
Mahtowa Tavern 50 6 -
Moose Lake State Park 50 14 -
Route 61 Lounge and Bowling 50 0 -
Mini Mos Child Care 50 19 -
Lake Venoah Community 45 0 -
Kalli's Place 45 0 -
Esko Public School - Community Ed Bldg 40 7 -
Mahtowa Covenant Church 40 0 -
Sonlife Community Church 40 0 -
Northwood United Methodist Church 35 7 -
Thomson Town Hall 35 0 -
The Lounge on Big Lake 35 0 -
Utopia Borealis 35 0 -
U of M Cloquet Forestry Center 30 0 -
Sawyer Store 30 0 -
Hanging Horn Lakeside Resort 30 7 -

Compare beyond Minnesota

Lower-flagged peers for Carlton County

Cross-state counties nearest Carlton County on flagged-system share (44.7%) and cumulative violation count (578). 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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