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Graham County, North Carolina

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet NC075 · Graham County 37 sys · 2,863 viol · #2688/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 4.1% health
  • RANK-BOTTOM #2688/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-NONE No UCMR5 set
  • SRC-GW GW lead 95%
  • SYS-SMALL 37 systems
  • BOOK-MOST 6/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Graham County ranks #2,688 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #96 of 100 counties in North Carolina. See methodology · corpus placement.

Graham 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 4.1% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . No UCMR5 tests in this extract for Graham County . Population served ranks #2,688 of 3,254 · #96 of 100 in North Carolina.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Graham County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Gates · lowest Tyrrell · highest Union · near Harnett · near 50% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Robbinsville, Town Of 2,916 289 -
Town of Fontana Dam 950 119 -
Lake Santeetlah, Town Of 498 79 -
Cheoah Point Rec Area 200 32 -
Tobacco Branch Village 163 87 -
Lone Oak Baptist Church 125 13 -
Cedar Cliff Baptist Church 125 171 -
Cross Creek S/D 117 196 -
Sweetwater Baptist Church 100 112 -
Panther Creek Baptist Church 70 115 -
Grace Tabernacle 60 231 -
Santeetlah Shores 58 446 -
Stecoah Valley Center 50 34 -
Mt Nebo Church 50 46 -
Bear Creek Church 50 6 -
Eternal Believers Mis. Baptist 40 4 -
Meadow Branch Church 35 10 -
Snowbird Mountain Lodge 26 6 -
Tapoco Lodge 25 198 -
Cheoah Work Center 25 13 -
Rattlerford Campground 25 40 -
Tsali Recreational Area 25 35 -
Blue Boar Retreat 25 32 -
Hidden Waters RV Park 25 19 -
Red Barn Hollow General Store & Cafe 25 73 -
Santeetlah RV Park 25 34 -
Tumbling Waters Campground 25 17 -
The Hq 25 31 -
Santeetlah Baptist Church 25 128 -
Dry Creek Baptist Church 25 27 -
New Hope Baptist Church 25 32 -
Tuskeegee Baptist Church 25 49 -
House of Prayer 25 28 -
Midway Church 25 75 -
Stecoah Baptist Church 25 10 -
Iron Horse Campground 25 11 -
Stecoah Valley RV Resort 25 15 -

Compare beyond North Carolina

Mid-flagged peers for Graham County

Cross-state counties nearest Graham County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (2,863). 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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