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Chaffee County, Colorado

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet CO015 · Chaffee County 70 sys · 5,369 viol · #1562/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 94.3% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 8.1% health
  • RANK-MID #1562/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.2 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 89%
  • SYS-MID 70 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Chaffee County ranks #1,562 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #27 of 64 counties in Colorado. See methodology · corpus placement.

Chaffee County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 94.3% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 8.1% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 0.0% is UCMR5 detect rate at or below the tested-pool lower third (≤ 0.0%) . Population served ranks #1,562 of 3,254 · #27 of 64 in Colorado.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Chaffee County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Broomfield · lowest Teller · near Chaffee · this county Kiowa · highest 66.7% 94% 94.1% 94.1% 94.3% 94.5% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Salida City Of 5,666 158 Clean
Buena Vista Town Of 3,776 118 Clean
Monarch Ski Area 2,500 4 -
Buena Vista Correctional Facility 1,700 364 -
Poncha Springs Town Of 1,467 23 -
Noahs Ark Adventure Company 506 31 -
Game Trail Association Inc 480 100 -
Young Life Frontier Ranch 424 31 -
Chalk Creek Campground 401 29 -
Collegiate Peak Campground No 2 336 31 -
Adventure Unlimited Ranches 321 24 -
Young Life Trail West Lodge 283 72 -
Mt Princeton Hot Springs 278 8 -
Gunsmoke Travel Plaza 268 13 -
Mesa Antero Subd 250 14 -
Trail West Assoc 249 19 -
Monarch Mountain Lodge 247 624 -
Silver Cliff Ranch 243 27 -
Chateau Chaparrel Cg 240 6 -
Monarch Park No 2 228 22 -
Angel of Shavano Cg No 1 220 46 -
Monarch Crest 210 6 -
Arrowhead Point 204 84 -
Centerville Pit Stop 203 55 -
Glenview Owners Assoc 195 8 -
Ohaver Lake Cg North 192 25 -
Ava Rafting Granite Outpost Water 170 9 -
Princeton Estates Subd 150 8 -
Deer Valley Ranch and Subd 142 7 -
Snowy Peaks RV and Rentals 140 57 -
Mt Princeton Hot Springs Resort Cabins 140 3 -
Cascade Campground 4092 126 13 -
Ponderosa Lodge Inc 125 431 -
Spring Canyon Conference Center 123 41 -
Four Seasons RV Park 122 86 -
Monarch Spur RV Park and Campground 117 8 -
Chalk Lake Campground 114 39 -
Mount Princeton Cg 114 12 -
Mt Princeton RV Park and Cabins 110 27 -
Wilderness Aware Rafting 105 0 -
Mountain Vista Village 100 279 -
Pinon Pines Property LLC 100 48 -
A-Lodge Salida 98 31 -
Pelino Inc 95 12 -
Charlotte Hot Springs 93 3 -
Big O Tires 91 0 -
River Village LLC 90 897 -
Childrens Discovery Ranch 90 3 -
Iron City Cg 90 16 -
Valley RV Park 89 4 -

Compare beyond Colorado

Mid-flagged peers for Chaffee County

Cross-state counties nearest Chaffee County on flagged-system share (94.3%) and cumulative violation count (5,369). 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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