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Cherokee County, Kansas

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet KS021 · Cherokee County 18 sys · 1,175 viol · #1816/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-MID · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-CLEAN · SRC-SW · SYS-SMALL · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 27.7% health
  • RANK-MID #1816/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-SW SW lead 56%
  • SYS-SMALL 18 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Cherokee County ranks #1,816 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #29 of 105 counties in Kansas. See methodology · corpus placement.

Cherokee County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 100.0% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 27.7% 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 #1,816 of 3,254 · #29 of 105 in Kansas.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Cherokee County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Chase · lowest Greeley · highest Wyandotte · near Leavenworth · near 85.7% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Baxter Springs, City Of 3,852 285 Clean
Columbus, City Of 2,882 131 -
Galena, City Of 2,743 34 -
Cherokee Co RWD 3 1,900 32 -
Cherokee Co RWD 4 1,500 11 -
Cherokee Co RWD 8 1,235 2 -
Cherokee Co RWD 2 943 5 -
Cherokee Co RWD 9 900 63 -
Riverton School 840 15 -
Weir, City Of 566 48 -
Cherokee Co RWD 1 520 40 -
Cherokee Co RWD 5 480 16 -
Scammon, City Of 370 9 -
Cherokee Co RWD 7 158 36 -
West Mineral, City Of 150 67 -
Roseland, City Of 73 32 -
Hyz Inc Hai Ying 25 228 -
Public Wholesale WSD 19 1 121 -

Compare beyond Kansas

Mid-flagged peers for Cherokee County

Cross-state counties nearest Cherokee County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (1,175). 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
Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

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