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Fulton County, Illinois

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet IL057 · Fulton County 36 sys · 2,468 viol · #1251/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 88.9% flagged
  • HEALTH-HIGH 46.2% health
  • RANK-UPPER #1251/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 100.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 72%
  • SYS-SMALL 36 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Fulton County ranks #1,251 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #40 of 102 counties in Illinois. See methodology · corpus placement.

Fulton County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 88.9% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 46.2% 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 #1,251 of 3,254 · #40 of 102 in Illinois.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Fulton County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Sangamon · lowest Knox · near Morgan · near Pulaski · highest 58.8% 88.9% 88.9% 88.9% 88.9% 88.9% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Canton 16,748 65 Detected
IL American-Farmington 2,448 283 -
Lewistown 2,400 31 -
South Fulton Water District 1,430 18 -
Astoria 1,375 17 -
Cuba 1,184 122 -
Avon 920 24 -
Wee-MA-Tuk Water District 863 2 Detected
Dunfermline-St David Water Commission 850 59 -
Vermont 738 173 -
Fairview 588 221 -
Spoon River Valley School 560 157 -
London Mills 500 94 -
Spoon River Speedway 500 6 -
Ipava 447 112 -
Marietta 440 2 -
Smithfield 375 111 -
Norris 358 48 -
Table Grove 353 131 -
Bryant 267 491 -
Giant Goose Ranch LLC 100 50 -
Ingersoll Scout Reserv/E Well 100 15 -
Ingersoll Scout Reservation 100 9 -
Hiram Walker Rod & Gun Club 100 26 -
Hy-Vee Food Store (123117) 60 4 -
Niemann Foods Inc (123885) 60 4 -
Farmington Drive IN 50 5 -
Kroger Water Island 50 0 -
Scapecchis 45 25 -
Niemann Foods Inc (123430) 40 4 -
Fulton County Camping&rec Area 30 43 -
The Goose Pit 30 10 -
Webbs Valley View Campground 25 106 -
Walmart 1713 Canton 25 0 -
Dp Sales & Service LLC 25 0 -
Just Chillin Ice and Water Canton 25 0 -

Compare beyond Illinois

Lower-flagged peers for Fulton County

Cross-state counties nearest Fulton County on flagged-system share (88.9%) and cumulative violation count (2,468). 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

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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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