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De Baca County, New Mexico

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet NM011 · De Baca County 4 sys · 469 viol · #3043/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-HIGH 45.6% health
  • RANK-BOTTOM #3043/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-NONE No UCMR5 set
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-TINY 4 systems
  • BOOK-MOST 6/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, De Baca County ranks #3,043 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #32 of 33 counties in New Mexico. See methodology · corpus placement.

De Baca 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 45.6% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . No UCMR5 tests in this extract for De Baca County . Population served ranks #3,043 of 3,254 · #32 of 33 in New Mexico.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around De Baca County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Colfax · lowest Harding · highest Santa Fe · near Otero · near 63.5% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Fort Sumner Municipal Water System 1,789 258 -
Valley Mdwca 454 125 -
Lake Sumner State Park 1 25 34 -
Lake Sumner State Park 2 25 52 -

Compare beyond New Mexico

Mid-flagged peers for De Baca County

Cross-state counties nearest De Baca County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (469). 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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