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Houghton County, Michigan

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet MI061 · Houghton County 46 sys · 1,247 viol · #1257/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-MID · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-CLEAN · SRC-GW · SYS-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 82.6% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 20.0% health
  • RANK-UPPER #1257/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-MID 46 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Houghton County ranks #1,257 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #41 of 83 counties in Michigan. See methodology · corpus placement.

Houghton County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 82.6% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 20.0% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 0.0% is UCMR5 detect rate at or below the tested-pool lower third (≤ 0.0%) . Population served ranks #1,257 of 3,254 · #41 of 83 in Michigan.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Houghton County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Oscoda · lowest Midland · near Leelanau · near Menominee · highest 52.9% 82.2% 82.4% 82.6% 82.6% 83% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Houghton 8,386 20 Clean
Upper Michigan Water Company 5,535 0 Clean
Hancock 4,500 21 Clean
Adams Township 2,010 7 -
Laurium 1,947 0 -
Osceola Township 1,391 32 -
Portage Township 1,214 112 -
Lake Linden 1,203 32 -
Torch Lake Township 946 0 -
Chassell Township 800 26 -
DNR - McLain State Park-Campground 800 0 -
South Range 745 23 -
Calumet 726 0 -
DNR - McLain State Park-Concessions 500 13 -
Franklin Township 300 61 -
Franklin-Quincy Water Authority 260 35 Clean
DNR - Twin Lakes State Park 250 12 -
Copper City 210 54 -
Earl B. Holman School 164 5 -
Iron Horse Restaurant & Bar 150 28 -
Portage Lake Golf Course - Mtu 140 49 -
Schmidt's Corner Bar 100 37 -
La Catrina Cocina Mexicana 100 69 -
Bosio Biscuit Company LLC 80 45 -
Up Chuck's Bar & Grill 75 29 -
Boondock Inn 75 40 -
Dreamland Hotel 75 5 -
Copper Country Inn 75 38 -
Copper Country Inn 2 75 0 -
Copper Country Christian School 75 71 -
Parkview Lodge & Grill 75 11 -
Agate Beach Campground 75 20 -
Hoppy's Bar 60 33 -
American Legion #291 60 38 -
4 Seasons Convenience 60 9 -
Calumet Township 50 0 -
Houghton Co Memorial Airport 50 10 -
Range Snowmobile Club 50 107 -
Sidnaw Station 50 17 -
Northwinds Adventures 50 8 -
Cu Country Cu LLC 50 0 -
DNR-Emily Lake Campground 40 27 -
Church in the Valley 40 40 -
Usfs - Kenton District Office 30 10 -
Dreamland Campground 30 8 -
Mosquito Inn 25 45 -

Compare beyond Michigan

Lower-flagged peers for Houghton County

Cross-state counties nearest Houghton County on flagged-system share (82.6%) and cumulative violation count (1,247). 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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