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Colfax County, New Mexico

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet NM007 · Colfax County 52 sys · 5,082 viol · #1541/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-HIGH · RANK-MID · BELOW-PEER · PFAS-CLEAN · SRC-GW · SYS-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 63.5% flagged
  • HEALTH-HIGH 47.0% health
  • RANK-MID #1541/3254
  • BELOW-PEER 23.5 pp cleaner
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 83%
  • SYS-MID 52 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Lea County (+ 23.5 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Colfax County ranks #1,541 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #16 of 33 counties in New Mexico. See methodology · corpus placement.

Colfax County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 63.5% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 47.0% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 0.0% is UCMR5 detect rate at or below the tested-pool lower third (≤ 0.0%) . Population served ranks #1,541 of 3,254 · #16 of 33 in New Mexico.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Colfax County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Colfax · this county · lowest Quay · near Sierra · near 63.5% 87% 90% 95.1% 95.5% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
City of Raton/Raton Water Works 9,733 71 Clean
Village of Angel Fire 6,045 335 Clean
Philmont Boy Scout Ranch - Headquarters 2,000 358 -
Cimarron Water System 1,260 558 -
Springer Water System 1,170 740 Clean
Village of Eagle Nest 613 59 -
Maxwell Water System 340 192 -
Maxwell Cooperative Water Users Assoc 261 89 -
French Mdwca/Swa 209 237 -
Philmont Scout Ranch - Beaubien Outcamp 150 0 -
Philmont Scout Ranch - Bent Outcamp 150 0 -
Philmont Scout Ranch - Cimarroncito Oc 150 0 -
Philmont Scout Ranch - Clarks Fork Oc 150 9 -
Philmont Scout Ranch - Fish Camp Outcamp 150 3 -
Philmont Scout Ranch - Head of Dean Oc 150 0 -
Philmont Scout Ranch - Phillips Junctn 150 0 -
Thaxton Rest Area 150 4 -
Vietnam Veterans Memorial 150 29 -
Miami Water Users Association 135 902 -
Vermejo Park - Headquarters 120 176 -
Usfs Cimarron Cg/Shuree Ponds 120 59 -
Val Verde 5 Property Owners Association 100 37 -
Eagle Nest Lake State Park 100 0 -
Philmont Scout Ranch - Abreu Outcamp 100 9 -
Philmont Scout Ranch - Baldy Outcamp 100 0 -
Philmont Scout Ranch - Pueblano Outcamp 100 0 -
Cimarron Canyon St Park - Maverick Cg 100 28 -
Camp Elliott Barker 100 69 -
Philmont Scout Ranch - Rayado Ridge Oc 99 4 -
Philmont Scout Ranch - Metcalf Station 80 0 -
Philmont Scout Ranch - Apache Springs Oc 75 4 -
Philmont Scout Ranch - Clear Creek Oc 75 0 -
Philmont Scout Ranch - Cyphers Mine Oc 75 67 -
Philmont Scout Ranch - Dan Beard Outcamp 75 0 -
Philmont Scout Ranch - Indian Writings 75 0 -
Philmont Scout Ranch - Miranda Outcamp 75 0 -
Sugarite - Lake Alice Campground 75 120 -
Leisure Estates Homeowners Association 56 36 -
Philmont Scout Ranch-Cito Hunting Lodge 50 4 -
Philmont Scout Ranch - Rich Cabins Oc 50 0 -
Philmont Scout Ranch - Miners Park Oc 50 0 -
Philmont Scout Ranch - Rayado Outcamp 50 0 -
Philmont Scout Ranch - Sawmill Outcamp 50 0 -
Philmont Scout Ranch - Uracca Outcamp 50 0 -
Cimarron Canyon St Park - Tolby Cg 50 39 -
Philmont Scout Ranch - Cimarroncita Oc 50 30 -
Carisbrook Property Owners Association 47 24 -
Angel Nest Apartments 45 173 -
Philmont Scout Ranch - Crater Lake Oc 35 0 -
Raton Pass Camp 35 531 -

Compare beyond New Mexico

Lower-flagged peers for Colfax County

Cross-state counties nearest Colfax County on flagged-system share (63.5%) and cumulative violation count (5,082). 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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