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Cherry County, Nebraska

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet NE031 · Cherry County 18 sys · 797 viol · #2297/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 77.8% flagged
  • HEALTH-HIGH 70.0% health
  • RANK-LOWER #2297/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.6 pp
  • PFAS-NONE No UCMR5 set
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-SMALL 18 systems
  • BOOK-MOST 6/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Dawson County (+ 0.6 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Cherry County ranks #2,297 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #22 of 93 counties in Nebraska. See methodology · corpus placement.

Cherry County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 77.8% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 70.0% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . No UCMR5 tests in this extract for Cherry County . Population served ranks #2,297 of 3,254 · #22 of 93 in Nebraska.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Cherry County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Kimball · lowest Cherry · this county Sheridan · near Blaine · highest 57.1% 76.9% 77.8% 78.4% 80% 80% 100%

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

Water Systems

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Lower-flagged peers for Cherry County

Cross-state counties nearest Cherry County on flagged-system share (77.8%) and cumulative violation count (797). 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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