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Cheyenne County, Colorado

3 SDWIS-listed public water systems serve 1,265 people in Cheyenne County. Violation rates use that full inventory; PFAS rates use only the UCMR5-tested subset.

3
SDWIS water systems Smaller third of counties
762
Total violations Lower third of counties
100.0%
SDWIS systems w/ a violation Middle third of counties
-
UCMR5 PFAS (none tested) No UCMR5 tests

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet CO017 · Cheyenne County 3 sys · 762 viol · #3142/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 15.5% health
  • RANK-BOTTOM #3142/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-NONE No UCMR5 set
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-TINY 3 systems
  • BOOK-MOST 6/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Cheyenne County ranks #3,142 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #63 of 64 counties in Colorado. See methodology · corpus placement.

Cheyenne 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 15.5% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . No UCMR5 tests in this extract for Cheyenne County . Population served ranks #3,142 of 3,254 · #63 of 64 in Colorado.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Cheyenne County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Broomfield · lowest Kiowa · highest Montezuma · near Gilpin · 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
Cheyenne Wells Town Of 840 456 -
Kit Carson Town Of 326 257 -
Arapahoe WC 99 49 -

Compare beyond Colorado

Mid-flagged peers for Cheyenne County

Cross-state counties nearest Cheyenne County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (762). 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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