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Iron County, Wisconsin

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet WI051 · Iron County 57 sys · 1,658 viol · #2724/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 66.7% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 17.6% health
  • RANK-BOTTOM #2724/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-NONE No UCMR5 set
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-MID 57 systems
  • BOOK-MOST 6/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Iron County ranks #2,724 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #69 of 71 counties in Wisconsin. See methodology · corpus placement.

Iron County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 66.7% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 17.6% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . No UCMR5 tests in this extract for Iron County . Population served ranks #2,724 of 3,254 · #69 of 71 in Wisconsin.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Iron County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Bayfield · lowest Rusk · near Juneau · near Milwaukee · highest 52.1% 66.3% 66.3% 66.7% 66.7% 67.1% 95.3%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Hurley Waterworks 1,515 56 -
Montreal Waterworks 887 766 -
Mercer Sanitary District 760 40 -
Iron Belt Waterworks 211 131 -
Iron County Saxon Harbor Main Well 200 0 -
Pence Waterworks 191 195 -
WI DNR Sandy Bch Lk Cmpgd 44 140 4 -
WI DNR Sandy Bch Lk Cmpgd 43 140 11 -
WI DNR Sandy Bch Lk Pic 42 140 0 -
Ullmans Ding a Ling Supper Club 100 3 -
Whitecap Mountains Resort 100 31 -
Bear Chasers Lodge Bar & Grill 75 0 -
Iron County Schomberg Cmpgd 50 0 -
Eagle Bluff Country Club 50 36 -
Harbor Lights Inn 50 6 -
Donners Bay Resort 50 44 -
Deerwood Lodge 40 7 -
Pine Forest Lodge 38 4 -
Frontier Inn 35 37 -
Pine Lake Lodge 30 8 -
Pitts Place 30 25 -
Beaver Lodge Motel 30 23 -
Gateway Lodge 30 8 -
Island View Lodge 27 8 -
North of the Border Resort 26 33 -
Birches on Boot Lake Inc Motel Well 25 0 -
Birches on Boot Lake Inc Bar Well 25 0 -
Deadhorse Lodge 25 0 -
Iron County Lake of the Falls 3 25 0 -
Mercer Senior Center 25 6 -
Willys Still 25 0 -
Iron Co Community Credit Union 25 0 -
Luomas Saxon Pub 25 4 -
Club 51 Restaurant 25 0 -
Birches on Boot Lake Inc Cabins 25 0 -
WI DNR Murrays Boat Landing 25 0 -
Cranberry Inn Cabins 25 0 -
A and J Springstead Trading Post Musky Lounge 25 0 -
Camp Thunderhead Main 25 0 -
Camp Thunderhead Shower House 25 0 -
Joe Millers Resort 25 8 -
Cedar Cove Condos 25 15 -
Pennys Driftwood 25 5 -
North Pole Saloon 25 7 -
Iron County Lake of the Falls Unit 1 North 25 4 -
Club 51 Motel 25 31 -
Kimball Community Center 25 6 -
Iron County Weber Lake 25 10 -
Yukon 51 25 8 -
Beavers Resort 25 9 -

Compare beyond Wisconsin

Lower-flagged peers for Iron County

Cross-state counties nearest Iron County on flagged-system share (66.7%) and cumulative violation count (1,658). 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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