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Gallatin County, Montana

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet MT031 · Gallatin County 207 sys · 30,683 viol · #427/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-CLEAN · SRC-GW · SYS-LARGE · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 91.3% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 5.5% health
  • RANK-TOP #427/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.4 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 93%
  • SYS-LARGE 207 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Pondera County (+ 0.4 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Gallatin County ranks #427 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #2 of 56 counties in Montana. See methodology · corpus placement.

Gallatin County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 91.3% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 5.5% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 0.0% is UCMR5 detect rate at or below the tested-pool lower third (≤ 0.0%) . Population served ranks #427 of 3,254 · #2 of 56 in Montana.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Gallatin County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Powder River · lowest Pondera · near Phillips · near Petroleum · highest 66.7% 91.3% 91.7% 91.7% 91.7% 91.8% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Bozeman City Of 56,000 17 Clean
Montana State University Bozeman 19,200 0 Clean
Belgrade City Of 10,460 285 Clean
West Yellowstone Town Of 9,899 203 Clean
North Star Zoot Water 4,323 16 -
River Rock County Water and Sewer Dist 4,200 176 Clean
Rae Water and Sewer Dist 313 2,220 158 -
Gallatin Speedway 2,100 51 -
Three Forks City Of 1,900 162 -
Manhattan Town Of 1,800 224 -
Blue Basket Market Bozeman 1,508 72 -
Bridger Bowl Base 1,507 46 -
Deer Park Chalet 1,500 32 -
Grace Bible Church 1,350 27 -
Big Sky Conoco Travel Shoppe 1,000 67 -
Valley Grove Subdivision 825 148 -
Thriftway Super Stop #8 Bozeman 817 290 -
Caseys Corner 9 759 131 -
Landmark Subdivision 750 17 -
Town Pump Belgrade 4 730 129 -
West Gate KOA Cg 722 32 -
Elk Grove Water 672 16 -
Genesis Business Park 670 185 -
Caseys Corner Store No 6 510 87 -
Covered Wagon Mb Hm Park 500 37 -
Baxter Creek No 2 HOA 450 288 -
Manhattan Christian Schools 400 464 -
Wylie Creek Estates Subdivision 400 10 -
Yellowstone Commercial Center 400 4 -
Gallatin Gateway Inn 375 76 -
Corner Store Bozeman 373 82 -
Firelight Meadows LLC 350 184 -
Riverside Water and Sewer Dist 344 237 -
Stacey's Bar/the Westerner 315 85 -
Best Burger Drive IN 310 68 -
Bozeman Hot Springs Campground & RV Park 302 80 -
Mountain Meadows Estates LLP 300 172 -
X Overland Ranch 288 49 -
Thorpe Commercial Center North 288 4 -
Quality Inn 282 191 -
Murdochs Ranch Supply Bozeman 280 625 -
Big Sky School District No 72 275 1,042 -
Kountry Korner Cafe 274 142 -
Heritage Christian School 272 457 -
Amsterdam Village Lots 11 & 12 HOA 268 0 -
Korner Klub 264 372 -
Thorpe Commercial Center South 264 0 -
Forest Park Tr CT No 1 Bozeman 260 288 -
Lexley Acres Mobile Home Park 250 274 -
Kenyon Noble Lumber Company 240 104 -

Compare beyond Montana

Lower-flagged peers for Gallatin County

Cross-state counties nearest Gallatin County on flagged-system share (91.3%) and cumulative violation count (30,683). 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
Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

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