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Cedar County, Iowa

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet IA031 · Cedar County 28 sys · 1,926 viol · #2072/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 92.9% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 17.5% health
  • RANK-LOWER #2072/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-NONE No UCMR5 set
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-SMALL 28 systems
  • BOOK-MOST 6/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Cedar County ranks #2,072 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #43 of 99 counties in Iowa. See methodology · corpus placement.

Cedar County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 92.9% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 17.5% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . No UCMR5 tests in this extract for Cedar County . Population served ranks #2,072 of 3,254 · #43 of 99 in Iowa.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Cedar County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Mahaska · lowest Cedar · this county Calhoun · near Ringgold · highest 75% 92.3% 92.9% 92.9% 92.9% 93.3% 100%

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

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Mid-flagged peers for Cedar County

Cross-state counties nearest Cedar County on flagged-system share (92.9%) and cumulative violation count (1,926). 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.

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Similar violation load

Nearest cross-state counties by cumulative SDWIS violation count (all systems in the county).

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Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

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