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Chippewa County, Michigan

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet MI033 · Chippewa County 135 sys · 2,487 viol · #1137/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 83.7% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 23.6% health
  • RANK-UPPER #1137/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.2 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 50.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 98%
  • SYS-LARGE 135 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Chippewa County ranks #1,137 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #36 of 83 counties in Michigan. See methodology · corpus placement.

Chippewa County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 83.7% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 23.6% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 50.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #1,137 of 3,254 · #36 of 83 in Michigan.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Chippewa County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Oscoda · lowest Cass · near Muskegon · near Menominee · highest 52.9% 83.4% 83.6% 83.7% 83.9% 83.9% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Sault Ste Marie 14,689 48 Clean
Kinross Township 5,300 50 Detected
DNR - Tahq. Falls St. Pk. Upper Day Use 2,400 10 -
DNR - Tahq. Falls St. Pk., Lwr Falls 872 0 -
Superior Township 767 58 -
Usfs - Point Iroquois Lighthouse 650 17 -
Usfs - Point Iroquois-Restroom 650 0 -
Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum 495 12 -
Pickford Public Schools 486 15 -
DNR - Tahq Falls Sp-Rivermouth Cg 465 0 -
Trout Lake Township Park 400 18 -
Fundamental Baptist Church 400 69 -
Mdot - I-75 Rest Area #236 388 6 -
Detour 325 5 -
D.i. Resort & Conference Ctr 320 15 -
Drummond Island Township Hall 300 11 -
Little Falls Inn 300 8 -
Sault Wesleyan Church 300 6 -
Rudyard Township 250 29 -
Kinross Fairgrnds-Dunbar Bldg 208 6 -
Whitefish Township Community Center 202 16 -
Dondee Lanes 200 47 -
Yooperman Bar & Grill 200 25 -
Trout Lake Tavern & Grill 200 44 -
Soo Christian Fellowship 200 14 -
D.i. Resort & Cc-Hill Wells 195 13 -
Usfs - Soldier Lake Campground 184 20 -
Usfs - Soldier Lake Cg Well 002 184 0 -
Trailhead Boathouse Restrnt & Campgrnd 180 3 -
Magnuson Grand Hotel 154 2 -
D.i. Tee Pee 150 30 -
DNR-Andrus Lake Sfcg 150 4 -
Trout Lake Township Hall 150 0 -
American Legion Hall, Post 393 145 32 -
Dr Isl Yacht Haven - Docks & Rr 126 7 -
Dr Isl Yacht Haven - Cabins, & Office 126 0 -
Curley's Motel 125 37 -
Kinross Fairgrnds-Exhibit/Kinross RV Cg 120 11 -
Munoscong Golf 120 32 -
Smitty's Sundown Lounge 120 9 -
Cozy Corners 116 13 -
Pickford Global Methodist Chur 112 11 -
Soo Twp School/Malcolm Hs 111 5 -
Northwoods Restaurant & Bar 110 0 -
McGowan's Motel 105 0 -
Lake Superior Academy 101 11 -
McGowan's Family Restaurant 100 29 -
Chucks Place 100 17 -
Strongs Motel & Tavern 100 7 -
Usfs - Bay View Campground East 100 0 -

Compare beyond Michigan

Lower-flagged peers for Chippewa County

Cross-state counties nearest Chippewa County on flagged-system share (83.7%) and cumulative violation count (2,487). 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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