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Fergus County, Montana

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet MT027 · Fergus County 20 sys · 4,498 viol · #2264/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 95.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 22.2% health
  • RANK-LOWER #2264/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 95%
  • SYS-SMALL 20 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Fergus County ranks #2,264 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #15 of 56 counties in Montana. See methodology · corpus placement.

Fergus County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 95.0% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 22.2% is health-based share in the middle 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 #2,264 of 3,254 · #15 of 56 in Montana.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Fergus County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Powder River · lowest Fergus · this county Missoula · near Petroleum · highest 66.7% 94.4% 95% 95% 95.1% 95.2% 100%

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

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Mid-flagged peers for Fergus County

Cross-state counties nearest Fergus County on flagged-system share (95.0%) and cumulative violation count (4,498). 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.

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Similar violation load

Nearest cross-state counties by cumulative SDWIS violation count (all systems in the county).

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Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

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