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Hancock County, Illinois

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet IL067 · Hancock County 13 sys · 1,139 viol · #2212/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 34.2% health
  • RANK-LOWER #2212/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-NONE No UCMR5 set
  • SRC-GW GW lead 69%
  • SYS-SMALL 13 systems
  • BOOK-MOST 6/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Hancock County ranks #2,212 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #79 of 102 counties in Illinois. See methodology · corpus placement.

Hancock 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 34.2% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . No UCMR5 tests in this extract for Hancock County . Population served ranks #2,212 of 3,254 · #79 of 102 in Illinois.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Hancock County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Sangamon · lowest Pulaski · highest Bond · near Massac · near 58.8% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Hamilton 2,753 52 -
Carthage 2,510 250 -
Warsaw 1,607 106 -
Laharpe 1,200 161 -
Nauvoo 1,200 303 -
Dallas City 788 18 -
Augusta 553 18 -
Bowen 494 65 -
Plymouth 460 16 -
West Point 248 80 -
Elvaston 165 30 -
Tri-County Country Club 25 33 -
County Market 287 Carthage 25 7 -

Compare beyond Illinois

Mid-flagged peers for Hancock County

Cross-state counties nearest Hancock County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (1,139). 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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