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Dickinson County, Michigan

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet MI043 · Dickinson County 34 sys · 1,196 viol · #1639/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 97.1% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 19.1% health
  • RANK-MID #1639/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.7 pp
  • PFAS-MID 33.3% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-SMALL 34 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Monroe County ( -0.7 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Dickinson County ranks #1,639 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #58 of 83 counties in Michigan. See methodology · corpus placement.

Dickinson County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 97.1% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 19.1% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 33.3% is UCMR5 detect rate in the tested-pool middle third (≤ 33.3%) . Population served ranks #1,639 of 3,254 · #58 of 83 in Michigan.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Dickinson County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Oscoda · lowest Monroe · near Macomb · near Menominee · highest 52.9% 96.2% 96.3% 97.1% 97.8% 98% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Iron Mountain 7,500 59 Clean
Kingsford 5,480 33 Detected
Norway 3,314 20 Clean
Breitung Twp.-East Kingsford 1,200 6 -
Quinnesec 1,200 48 -
Billerud - Quinnesec 900 67 -
Lake Antoine Roadside Well 450 7 -
Rivers Bend RV Resort & Campground 400 6 -
Summer Breeze Campground 300 7 -
Louisiana-Pacific - Main Plant 300 16 -
White Birch Mobile Home Village 250 76 -
Silver Lake Resort 245 34 -
North Dickinson School 225 482 -
Riversbend Mobile Home Park 180 29 -
Mdot - Fumee Creek Park 150 13 -
Felch Community Bldg 125 11 -
Newberg Park 120 12 -
Norway Mountain 110 30 -
Dollar General - Sagola 100 0 -
Norway Lake Park 80 7 -
Red Arrow Tavern 75 11 -
Sagola Bp 75 26 -
Cowboy Lake Recreational Park 75 9 -
Storheims 75 4 -
Norway Springs, Inc 50 44 -
Mdot - Norway Flowing Well 50 13 -
Randville Bar and Grill 50 17 -
Kraemer's Three Lakes, LLC 50 23 -
Ace of Clubs 50 23 -
Sagola Senior Center 45 11 -
Mountain Haus 40 29 -
Pine Mountain Christian School 40 9 -
Nordic Trading Post 35 12 -
Cuculis Bar 30 2 -

Compare beyond Michigan

Mid-flagged peers for Dickinson County

Cross-state counties nearest Dickinson County on flagged-system share (97.1%) and cumulative violation count (1,196). 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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