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Jackson County, Minnesota

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet MN063 · Jackson County 13 sys · 179 viol · #2647/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 84.6% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 44.7% health
  • RANK-BOTTOM #2647/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.4 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-SMALL 13 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Sibley County (+ 0.4 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Jackson County ranks #2,647 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #75 of 87 counties in Minnesota. See methodology · corpus placement.

Jackson County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 84.6% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 44.7% is health-based share above the upper 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 #2,647 of 3,254 · #75 of 87 in Minnesota.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Jackson County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Mahnomen · lowest Pipestone · near Sibley · near Watonwan · highest 22.2% 82.4% 83.3% 84.6% 85% 87.5% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Jackson 3,323 5 Clean
Lakefield 1,694 25 -
Heron Lake 691 23 -
St. Paul Lutheran Church 300 23 -
Okabena 188 11 -
Holy Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church 150 18 -
Alpha 112 15 -
Wilder 60 24 -
Heron Lake BioEnergy 32 0 -
Bethany Lutheran Church 30 7 -
New Vision Coop-Miloma 25 21 -
Sandy Point Park Campground 25 7 -
Horse Barn & Hunt Club 25 0 -

Compare beyond Minnesota

Lower-flagged peers for Jackson County

Cross-state counties nearest Jackson County on flagged-system share (84.6%) and cumulative violation count (179). 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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