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Jackson County, North Carolina

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet NC099 · Jackson County 112 sys · 10,421 viol · #1209/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 85.7% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 7.2% health
  • RANK-UPPER #1209/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 97%
  • SYS-MID 112 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Jackson County ranks #1,209 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #60 of 100 counties in North Carolina. See methodology · corpus placement.

Jackson County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 85.7% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 7.2% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 0.0% is UCMR5 detect rate at or below the tested-pool lower third (≤ 0.0%) . Population served ranks #1,209 of 3,254 · #60 of 100 in North Carolina.

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% Gates · lowest Jackson · this county Martin · near Tyrrell · highest 50% 85.2% 85.7% 85.7% 85.7% 86.2% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Western Carolina Univ WTP 7,800 182 Clean
Tuckaseigee Water & Sewer Auth 7,528 132 Clean
Fairfield Sapphire 3,873 88 -
Whiteside Brewing Company 850 0 -
High Hampton Inn/Country Club 770 340 -
Great Smoky Mountain Camp & RV Park 638 17 -
Trillium Links & Village 610 450 -
Highlands Cove S/D 577 61 -
Cashiers Spinx #303 500 32 -
Mountain Top Golf & Lake Club 445 48 -
Wade Hampton Club 429 114 -
Trillium Links West 424 36 -
Cashiers Water Works 406 41 -
Bear Lake Reserve 1B 396 30 -
Summit Charter School 368 145 -
Blue Ridge School 350 57 -
Forest Hills Water System 323 287 -
Camp Merrie-Woode 300 50 -
Cashiers UMC 300 47 -
Cashiers Mountain Market 300 5 -
Boys and Girls Club of the Plateau 270 11 -
Chinquapin Development 259 0 -
Sun Retreats Nantahala 251 61 -
Cedar Hill 244 64 -
Moonshine Creek Campground 238 38 -
Flaming Arrow Campground 203 49 -
Cornucopia Gourmet 200 70 -
Happ`s Place 200 38 -
Victory Baptist Church 200 0 -
Dollar General Store #18789 200 6 -
Caney Fork General Store 200 0 -
Corner Market 200 5 -
Dollar General #23836 200 0 -
Fort Wilderness Campground 191 122 -
Big Sheep Cliff 175 318 -
Holly Cove RV Resort 157 19 -
Cashiers Valley Smokehouse 150 49 -
Clarion Pointe Sylva 150 106 -
Balsam Missionary Baptist Ch 150 174 -
Cashiers Comm Child Dev Center 125 88 -
Lighthouse Baptist Church 125 0 -
Cedar Creek Woods 122 120 -
Ralph J Andrews Rec Park 120 54 -
Victory Christian School 120 208 -
Bear Lake Reserve Golden Farms 117 46 -
Strawberry Hill 109 168 -
Cedar Ridge Estates 107 214 -
Ballough Hills 102 90 -
Chattooga Club 100 848 -
Signal Ridge Marina 100 59 -

Compare beyond North Carolina

Lower-flagged peers for Jackson County

Cross-state counties nearest Jackson County on flagged-system share (85.7%) and cumulative violation count (10,421). 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.

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Similar violation load

Nearest cross-state counties by cumulative SDWIS violation count (all systems in the county).

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Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

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