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Forest County, Wisconsin

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet WI041 · Forest County 57 sys · 1,162 viol · #2519/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-NONE · SRC-GW · SYS-MID · BOOK-MOST

  • VIOL-SEVERE 84.2% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 19.7% health
  • RANK-LOWER #2519/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.1 pp
  • PFAS-NONE No UCMR5 set
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-MID 57 systems
  • BOOK-MOST 6/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Florence County ( -0.1 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Forest County ranks #2,519 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #67 of 71 counties in Wisconsin. See methodology · corpus placement.

Forest County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 84.2% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 19.7% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . No UCMR5 tests in this extract for Forest County . Population served ranks #2,519 of 3,254 · #67 of 71 in Wisconsin.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Forest County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Bayfield · lowest Florence · near Kenosha · near Milwaukee · highest 52.1% 83.1% 84.1% 84.2% 84.6% 84.8% 95.3%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Crandon Waterworks 1,958 33 -
Laona Sanitary Dist 950 229 -
Wabeno Sanitary Dist 1 750 30 -
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church 350 13 -
Main St Eds 350 0 -
U S F S Franklin Lake E3 Intersection 200 9 -
U S F S Franklin Lake E2 Pay Station 200 15 -
Sportsmans Lodge 200 14 -
Heritage Acres Hunt Club and Camp 5 Farm 200 19 -
Campfire Bar and Grille 200 21 -
U S F S Franklin Lake E31 Trlr LP 200 18 -
Blackwell Civilian Consvtn Ctr 190 100 -
Camp Nicolet for Girls Main Well 150 20 -
U S F S Luna White Deer E10 Loop 1 to 9 120 14 -
U S F S Luna White Deer E12 Campsite 30 120 6 -
Corner Store The 106 0 -
Newald Junction Bar and Grill 103 25 -
Rockin Robins 101 29 -
WI DOT Wayside Cavour 100 11 -
Veterans Memorial Park Campground 100 16 -
Nu Roc Health and Rehabilitation Center 86 33 -
Dollar General Armstrong Creek 30082 79 3 -
Pauls Final Lap Bar and Grill 77 22 -
Blue Roof Saloon 77 7 -
Armstrong Creek Pub 62 31 -
Habit Bar & Grill The 57 4 -
U S F S Bear Lake L6 Old Pump 50 14 -
Last Resort on Lily River 50 24 -
St Stanislaus Kostka Church 50 2 -
Juniors Saloon 42 20 -
Kathys Inn 40 0 -
Green Shack 32 17 -
Northwoods Reel Em in Resort The 32 14 -
Pine Grove Pub 30 11 -
Hiles Pine Lake Cmpgd on Hill 30 8 -
Hiles Pine Lake Cmpgd Lakeside 30 8 -
Hiles Pine Lake Cmpgd Bottom Back Row 30 7 -
Hiles Pine Lake Cmpgd Showers 30 4 -
Wild Rose Pub & Eatery 30 19 -
Metonga Shores 4 30 0 -
Pine Grove Resort 30 5 -
Metonga Shores 1 30 0 -
Metonga Shores 2 30 0 -
Reschs Happy Hollow 28 28 -
Beaches Steak & Spirits 27 30 -
Backwoods Motel The 26 10 -
Veterans Memorial Park Shower House 25 30 -
Armstrong Creek Public Park 25 14 -
Gudowicz Marathon 25 76 -
Ham Lake Campground 25 0 -

Compare beyond Wisconsin

Lower-flagged peers for Forest County

Cross-state counties nearest Forest County on flagged-system share (84.2%) and cumulative violation count (1,162). 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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