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Cherokee County, Texas

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet TX073 · Cherokee County 28 sys · 4,120 viol · #849/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 36.7% health
  • RANK-UPPER #849/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-MID 40.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 86%
  • SYS-SMALL 28 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Cherokee County ranks #849 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #64 of 254 counties in Texas. 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 36.7% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 40.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #849 of 3,254 · #64 of 254 in Texas.

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% Howard · lowest Bee · highest Hidalgo · near Guadalupe · near 66.7% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
City of Jacksonville 14,420 93 Detected
North Cherokee WSC 6,951 309 Detected
City of Rusk 5,602 30 Clean
Craft Turney WSC Main 5,577 23 Clean
Alto Rural WSC Coldsprings Plant 2,313 108 -
West Jacksonville WSC 2,082 16 -
Rusk Rural WSC Crockett St Plant 1,752 17 -
Afton Grove WSC 1,677 64 -
Gum Creek WSC 1,623 5 -
Eagles Bluff 1,485 3 -
Rusk Rural WSC Loop 343 Plant 1,386 11 -
Alto Rural WSC Central High Plant 1,305 98 Clean
Rusk State Hospital 1,263 36 -
City of Alto 1,225 285 -
Blackjack WSC 1,218 145 -
Gallatin WSC 996 1 -
Stryker Lake WSC 978 205 -
Dialville Oakland WSC 924 22 -
City of New Summerfield 906 441 -
City of Wells 853 62 -
Maydelle WSC 795 139 -
Rusk Rural WSC US 69 Plant 687 41 -
City of Reklaw 660 70 -
Forest WSC 651 1,542 -
New Concord WSC 558 31 -
Rusk Rural WSC Iron Hill 447 17 -
Alto Rural WSC Bradford Mt Plant 378 74 -
Cuney Rural Water Supply 115 232 -

Compare beyond Texas

Mid-flagged peers for Cherokee County

Cross-state counties nearest Cherokee County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (4,120). 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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