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Golden Valley County, Montana

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet MT037 · Golden Valley County 4 sys · 1,939 viol · #3212/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 6.1% health
  • RANK-BOTTOM #3212/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-NONE No UCMR5 set
  • SRC-GW GW lead 75%
  • SYS-TINY 4 systems
  • BOOK-MOST 6/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Golden Valley County ranks #3,212 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #55 of 56 counties in Montana. See methodology · corpus placement.

Golden Valley County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 100.0% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 6.1% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . No UCMR5 tests in this extract for Golden Valley County . Population served ranks #3,212 of 3,254 · #55 of 56 in Montana.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Golden Valley County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Powder River · lowest Silver Bow · near Madison · near 66.7% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Ryegate Town Of 270 1,301 -
Golden Valley Colony 100 23 -
Lavina School District 94 322 -
Cozy Corner Bar 50 293 -

Compare beyond Montana

Mid-flagged peers for Golden Valley County

Cross-state counties nearest Golden Valley County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (1,939). 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).

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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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