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DeSoto County, Florida

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet FL027 · DeSoto County 40 sys · 798 viol · #1490/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 85.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 31.3% health
  • RANK-MID #1490/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.8 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 100.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 90%
  • SYS-MID 40 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Baker County ( -0.8 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, DeSoto County ranks #1,490 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #45 of 67 counties in Florida. See methodology · corpus placement.

DeSoto County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 85.0% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 31.3% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 100.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #1,490 of 3,254 · #45 of 67 in Florida.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around DeSoto County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Dixie · lowest Sarasota · near Baker · near Monroe · highest 66.7% 83.3% 84.1% 84.1% 84.2% 85% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Arcadia Water Dept, City Of 8,942 64 Detected
Desoto County Water System 3,518 13 Detected
Peace River Reg Water Plant 3,301 25 -
Desoto Correctional Inst 3,134 65 -
Lake Suzy Subdivision 2,670 21 Detected
Live Oak RV Resort 850 10 -
Toby's Plantation RV Resort 700 14 -
Cross Creek Country Club ; RV 500 36 -
Paloma Properties, Inc. 440 25 -
Country Cafe 251 21 -
Little Willies RV Park/Resort 250 15 -
Desoto Village MHP 248 38 -
Sunrise Mobile Home Park 180 31 -
Craigs RV Park 180 30 -
Oakview MHP 160 26 -
McCaskill Labor Camp(fmr Lucky Muse) 160 0 -
Arcadia Stockyard 130 0 -
New Life Ministries of SW Fla. 100 1 -
McIntyre Apartment Inc 96 3 -
Peace River Citrus Products 75 36 -
Shady Oaks of Arcadia 60 22 -
Ll Project, Inc 54 7 -
Oak Haven Campground 50 86 -
New Day Baptist Church 50 11 -
Horse Creek 40 67 -
Desoto Lanes/Desoto Ford 40 36 -
Ramirez Labor Camp 40 0 -
Lakeside Estates 36 16 -
El Dorado Maya 35 3 -
Macatee Properties 30 22 -
Dollar General Store #23813 25 0 -
Super Stop Express III 25 6 -
S. 761 Grocery 25 1 -
Reef ; Beef 25 13 -
Nav a Gator Grill 25 10 -
Nocatee Market 25 0 -
Desoto Co. Public Works 25 6 -
HI Way Motel 25 15 -
Brownville Park 25 0 -
Deep Creek Park 25 3 -

Compare beyond Florida

Lower-flagged peers for DeSoto County

Cross-state counties nearest DeSoto County on flagged-system share (85.0%) and cumulative violation count (798). 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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