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Clare County, Michigan

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet MI035 · Clare County 139 sys · 3,531 viol · #1477/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 89.2% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 3.1% health
  • RANK-MID #1477/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.4 pp
  • PFAS-NONE No UCMR5 set
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-LARGE 139 systems
  • BOOK-MOST 6/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Charlevoix County (+ 0.4 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Clare County ranks #1,477 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #51 of 83 counties in Michigan. See methodology · corpus placement.

Clare County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 89.2% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 3.1% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . No UCMR5 tests in this extract for Clare County . Population served ranks #1,477 of 3,254 · #51 of 83 in Michigan.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Clare County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Oscoda · lowest Clare · this county Emmet · near Menominee · highest 52.9% 88.5% 89.2% 89.7% 89.8% 90% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Clare, City Of 3,118 6 -
Harrison, City Of 1,100 10 -
Clare Welcome Center 1,000 43 -
Jays Sporting Goods 900 18 -
Thrush's Pit Stop 900 88 -
Farwell, Village Of 871 18 -
Mid-Michigan College 750 23 -
River Valley Well 1& 2 596 6 -
River Valley Pond Well 596 4 -
Church of the Nazarene-Clare 500 12 -
Farwell Ez Mart 500 54 -
Mid-Michigan Health Park 450 3 -
Carrows Supermarket 400 14 -
Shop N Go 400 14 -
VFW Post #1075 400 35 -
Burger King/Harrison W2 400 21 -
Kerns Grocery Store 400 97 -
Cedar Shores 378 5 -
Harrison RV Family Campground 352 8 -
Camp Rotary Kitchen 300 5 -
Camp Rotary Lodge 300 7 -
Camp Rotary Scout Path 300 32 -
Camp Rotary Pike 300 8 -
Camp Rotary - Shop 300 4 -
Clare Beacon and Bridge 300 18 -
Dollar General - Surrey Twp 300 3 -
Lake George Family Campground, LLC Store 292 33 -
Lake George Family Campground 292 0 -
Hidden Hill 280 12 -
Brown Corners Church 275 20 -
Eagle Glen 250 33 -
Dollar General #19545 - Harrison 250 3 -
Our Fathers House 210 16 -
Dodge City Campground 204 6 -
Camp Deer Trails Main 202 3 -
Lake of the Pines Cabins 202 0 -
Snow Snake Mt Ski Area Inc 200 2 -
Mystic Lake Main Well 200 17 -
Lake of the Pines Assoc. Main 200 25 -
Sandy Shores Campground 200 16 -
Mystic Lake/Health Ldg 200 16 -
Crossroads Corner Store 200 13 -
Hunters Paradise 200 29 -
Biggby Coffee - Clare 200 0 -
Lake of the Pines Assoc. 188 4 -
Lake of the Pines Campground 188 3 -
Dollar General #10268 - Farwell 170 17 -
Dollar General #15850 - Lake George 170 12 -
Dollar General #15956 - Lake 170 12 -
Montes Family Rest 150 145 -

Compare beyond Michigan

Lower-flagged peers for Clare County

Cross-state counties nearest Clare County on flagged-system share (89.2%) and cumulative violation count (3,531). 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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